On the other hand, it was not difficult to cancel.
Without Prime I don't see much of a value proposition in the flea market. Actually, even with Prime the value is questionable. If my wife didn't like Prime I would shut it off, and then I doubt I'd buy much from Amazon at all. For US customers, Walmart and Target do a decent job these days, without the commingled flea market (Walmart does have third party sellers, but they also tend to keep staples in their own inventory better than Amazon does, and they don't commingle.)
I cancelled Amazon years ago and have enjoyed not wading through the desperate side hustles and scams that Amazon essentially farms for data they can use to enter markets that they can then dominate.
How Doordash/Uber/etc exploit their drivers' lack of sense for depreciation costs / maintenance etc is just how Amazon exploits small business hustlers' lack of understanding of the power of omniscient market data.
1. no, I do not want a prime membership for $1.99 for 1 week
2. no, I want free shipping on these items (careful check if the order is split up in multiple shipments)
3. no, I want free shipping on this item.
8 out of 10 orders my stuff arrives earlier than the paid shipping option offered during checkout.
I personally accidentally resubscribed to prime once because of all this nonsense, so I can't imagine someone who is less careful.