I knew Amazon is a shady company but only stuck around and still use them as I don’t know as much online website that sell stuff I want as well as not being too mortally corrupted.

The sort of stuff I tend to buy:

  • Videogames
  • CDs
  • Clothes (mostly men as I am a guy)
  • Books?

Please don’t suggest me something like Walmart as…

  1. I am not American, I’m British.
  2. Even if I am American, I would of shopped there so it pointless to even call it an “alternatives”.
  • dressupgeekout@lemmy.ml
    122·
    2 years ago

    I think the very best alternative to Amazon is: don’t shop online at all. Support your local businesses!

    Surely there’s shops in your area where you can get those kinds of things – your list doesn’t have anything too exotic or difficult to obtain. Unless your tastes are out of the ordinary somehow.

    • Marxism-Fennekinism@lemmy.ml
      111·
      2 years ago

      Would be great, except there are almost no local businesses anymore. Everything’s a franchise, in fact, a tactic that’s becoming increasingly popular is for corporate stores to disguise themselves as mom and pop shops. Local shops are effectively dead. Capitalism killed it.

      • dressupgeekout@lemmy.ml
        21·
        2 years ago

        Frankly, this sounds kinda conspiratorial. You’re not willing to step into a local shop for fear that it might not actually be a local shop?

        Otherwise, there truly are more options in my area than in your area, in which case, I’m sorry to hear that.

        (Edit: typo)

  • ganymede@lemmy.ml
    9·
    2 years ago

    Books - Zlib or Libgen

    CDs - Torrents or NZB

    If you find something from there you really like, buy direct from the author/artist if you can to support.

  • frippa@lemmy.ml
    6·
    2 years ago

    Maybe ebay? Postage tends to be more expensive but you can find great deals for cheap, especially in the “media” sector, they’re still a corpo but it’s better for the consumer 😎(PS edit: the seller also pays less fees, even if they’re still crazy high like 13%)

    In alternative i would suggest thrift stores, at least for clothing

  • mrpalmer16@lemmy.ml
    1·
    2 years ago

    I’m usually able to find what I need on etsy and for books thriftbooks. We have a local music store for cds so I can’t help you there.

    • fnzen@feddit.de
      1·
      2 years ago

      I’m pretty sure there’s something like that in the UK, shops with a social agenda.