Nope, you just misread my comment

Those are terrible comparisons. The amount of people using SDR and X11 still is gigantic, the amount of people using USB tethering is… not.

You’re couching it as Linux “killing desktop features”, when really it’s just Linux removing one ancient, insecure driver for which there is a modern, secure alternative. And it’s not like Linux is wiping the driver off the face of the planet. If you want to reintroduce the ancient, insecure driver back into your system, there are extensive instructions on compiling your own kernel with whatever you want in it.

They literally do not provide housing. If they did, there wouldn’t be a housing shortage.

Builders provide housing. Landlords are nothing more than a middle man.

Taking away the opportunity of home ownership is not a service.

No landlords hoard property.

Fine, landlords hoard property ownership.

The property is used by people.

As long as the landlord permits it, and as long as the landlord gets their premium.

Landlords profit off of permitting people access to shelter, a basic right that any human should be entitled to. It’s literally modern day feudalism.

Unless your aunt is transferring equity in those homes to the tenants based on the amount they pay in rent, then yes, she’s a leech. “Providing shelter” isn’t the service your aunt is providing; she’s just preventing someone else from owning a home.

And before anyone says “but renting is all some people can afford, they can’t save up enough to make a down payment” - yes, sure, that’s true. But that’s a symptom of the shitty housing market (really the shitty state of the middle class in general*), and landlords aren’t making it any better by hoarding property, even if it’s “just” 3 to 5 townhomes.