You’re right, the shipping itself is no slower or faster than with prime, especially since they essentially have their own shipping company now, everything is technically same day shipping now, the difference is how long until it ships. The free shipping (non prime) usually just sits pending for several days and then all of a sudden ships and arrives in about a day. So prime is essentially just priority order picking.
Although, prime anymore is so random, I sometimes get it same day, sometimes next day q and sometimes it’s 3-4 days for no good reason. Guaranteed same day now costs an extra $3 and ”overnight” (which means it arrives before 9am) is $2 extra and now this week they started charging $3 for Amazon key garage delivery unless it’s your prime day which is only once per week. Meanwhile the price goes up every 6 months and prime video is the most ad-riddled of any streaming service and half the content promoted for you is actually an extra cost. I’m not really sure what the point of paying for prime is anymore.
Although, prime anymore is so random, I sometimes get it same day, sometimes next day q and sometimes it’s 3-4 days for no good reason. Guaranteed same day now costs an extra $3 and ”overnight” (which means it arrives before 9am) is $2 extra and now this week they started charging $3 for Amazon key garage delivery unless it’s your prime day which is only once per week. Meanwhile the price goes up every 6 months and prime video is the most ad-riddled of any streaming service and half the content promoted for you is actually an extra cost. I’m not really sure what the point of paying for prime is anymore.