I asked for something specific. Instead of answering of an Amazon alternative everyone decided to tell me how to live. That's the disconnect. They didn't understand the assignment and decided to be life coaches instead while being completely ignorant of the situation. That's the disconnect. Instead of acknowledging to themselves they didn't know of an alternative to Amazon they decided that my problem was an unwillingness to drive 60 miles, pay brick and mortar retail prices or just live without. That's the disconnect.

It's not about definitions. It's about people thinking "I can help" while completely not seeing how they weren't helping.

Back to the main event. I'm looking for an alternative to Amazon that offers free shipping on a huge variety of products so that I don't have to support Amazon anymore. I'm not looking to reduce from near zero consumption to zero. I'm not looking to take two hours and gas to go buy a $5 item that should be $2. I'm not looking for 70 niche websites that together might cover 1% of what Amazon warehouses cover.

Do you have a suggestion that meets these criteria or not? Because I am being very serious about my desire to drop Amazon but here in rural America and on an extreme poverty budget options are extremely limited if you aren't looking for farm equipment or Walmart. And Walmart killed the local businesses.