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Jeff Bezos Reveals That Amazon Has Over 100 Million Prime Subscribers (theverge.com)
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos revealed today that the company has over 100 million Prime members, "marking the first time in the 13-year history of Amazon offering its Prime membership that the company has ever revealed its number of subscribers," reports The Verge. From the report: According to Bezos, Amazon Prime also saw its best year ever in 2017, with the company shipping over five billion products with Prime and signing up more new members than in any previous year. Also revealed today, Whole Foods Market will discontinue its rewards program on May 2 and fold it into Amazon Prime. "Stay tuned for additional announcements for Amazon Prime members," reads the Whole Foods FAQ page focused on digital coupons, rewards and online accounts. "Any account benefits, including membership and/or unused rewards, will not roll into any future programs."
Thats coz the bastards wont let you cancel immediately now, they keep your membership active till the end of the one year and charge you for that period.
Who cares if they keep it active to the end of the period. You can still just go in right away, say you want to cancel, they tell you it will be cancelled at the end of the trial, and then when the trial is up you don't get charged for membership and shipping is just no longer free. I don't see the problem.