I almost entirely agree with you, but you have to tailor your writing to the people you're talking too. The HN audience mainly understands technology, not eco

I almost entirely agree with you, but you have to tailor your writing to the people you're talking too. The HN audience mainly understands technology, not economics. The real problem is that the landlords are exploiting the cost of information. It's costly for new tenants to educate themselves and factor in the costs of potential ISP/TV in addition to rent. Landlords are exploiting that cost to profit for themselves. Is it nearly as big as a problem as everyone here is making it out to be? No. It's like 50-100$ a month compare to 1000-4000$ a month rent for most people. That's 1/80 to 1/10 the cost of the rent.