I Canceled Amazon Prime And You Probably Can Too

Amazon will ship for free if you don’t have Prime. So, why do 200 million of us need it?

Last June, on a whim, I canceled Amazon Prime. I’d seen the FTC’s lawsuit claiming the company “sabotaged” people’s attempts to disenroll and thought it might be worth experiencing firsthand. Within a few clicks, I was out.

I planned to return to Prime soon after canceling, but then never did. At first, I figured I’d wait to pay its $139 annual fee until…