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This article seems to be talking about books, in particular.

I just checked and my free Prime shipping is still in effect.

What am I missing? Did Amazon once offer free shipping to people who didn't have Prime?

I'm pretty sure that they can't just change the benefits of Prime in the middle of my membership.

> Did Amazon once offer free shipping to people who didn't have Prime?

Yes. It wasn't next day delivery. You still get it, but there's a minimum spend requirement now.

> I'm pretty sure that they can't just change the benefits of Prime in the middle of my membership.

Don't they have a clause saying they can change the terms whenever they like?

I can't remember there not being a minimum spend. I can remember back to 2005 I think.