It's not only because I can no longer drive due to my vision impairment, I gave up my car and surrendered my DL, or because taking public transportation is a no go for me because I'd have to devote several hours of precious time in my day to deal with the infrequent schedules.
I shop Amazon because the range of items I need are often too specialized, or not carried at Target etc or Best Buy, or my local music store for various things like preferred violin strings, or certain shoulder rests or tuners etc etc etc. At target I go in to look for certain items in personal care such as certain types of nail cutters, not on their shelves. certain kitchen appliances are not on their shelves, never mind tech stuff!!!
Prime membership for low income seniors is half price, and their return refund procedure is the most convenient, immediate and painless. Did I mention that low income Senior Prime members get free delivery on groceries from Whole Foods? I don't care for Whole Foods pricing, so I haven't used that benefit. But it's there if I need it,. I'm lucky and have a caregiver who works for me a couple of times of week, so she takes me to run errands, doctors appointments grocery shopping at target and Costco and farmers markets etc.
I live in a lovely senior housing complex for low income people in a beautifully designed village.
Almost every neighbor uses Amazon for the same reasons. Even though we know of the complaints of unfair employment practice. The drivers doing the delivery seem to be happy, though, I can tell you that.
The dilemma of practicing boycotting business for various reasons is immense, there are so many business to boycott. In the meantime, I do have needs and I have only so many options available to me. And that's the reality of it. I don't have the luxury to boycott Amazon.
I have to pick my battles, for instance I do boycott Home Depot, and Papa John's Pizza. A few years ago I found out the CEO of OverStock was a devoted Trump supporter, and so I closed my account with them.
I appreciate and respect your concerns. It's difficult.
I just ask folks to be a little bit sympathetic to those of us who really do rely on Amazon in so many ways especially for folks like me.
I have a talking watch and two talking clocks ordered on Amazon. I was given an Echo Pop as an aid to set reminders, make phone calls without touching my phone and other everyday tasks.
For those of us going blind, it is a huge game changer.
I hope this helps. 
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