From CNET: If you've been mooching off someone else's Amazon Prime membership for free shipping, but you don't reside in the same house, you may need to pay another subscription fee soon. According to Amazon's updated customer service page, the online retail giant is ending its Prime Invitee benefit-sharing program Oct. 1.
Amazon's Prime Invitee program is being replaced by Amazon Family. It includes many of the same benefits, but Amazon Family only works for up to two adults and four children living in the same "primary residential address" -- a shared home.
Amazon Family members will still be able to use free shipping to send gifts elsewhere, but your Prime Invitees will no longer be able to use the perk.
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