Like you, I think this is a step too far and I will gladly suffer the inconvenience of buying stuff from other retailers in the future.
Tried it and failed. Higher prices, costly 5 day "express" shipping and questionable / non-existent return policies - the time and effort required to wade through is not worth it.
I want to not use Amazon too - but other retailers make it really really hard.
Honestly, though, I'll happily pay a few quid extra to Argos just to avoid Amazon. (Is Sainsbury's perfect? No. Are they less detrimental to society than Amazon? Yes.) I recognise not everyone has this privilege, though.
Or for non well known branded items, just drop shipped stuff that you could get on aliexpress cheaper…
Only if I could convince my spouse to cancel…
In countries where the Amazon Prime membership (originally this was for fast free shipping only) is available, Prime Video is included with that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Prime#Availability
Outside of those countries you can typically get Prime Video as a cheaper, separate subscription: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Prime_Video#Availabilit...
In Germany, for instance, I don't think you can get Prime Video without the full Amazon Prime subscription. In countries where the shipping benefit is more costly (like the US) they may offer different membership tiers.