I don't understand this HN obsession with remote work. Productivity wise, sorry, we are social species. Labor rights wise, yes it's good to be away from the boss but you are also away from your coworkers.

Basically, rather than ending up with a utopic remote work coup d'etat into some sort of of distributed co-op, I imagine programming becoming yet another gig work job. And if tons of people do move to lower cost of living areas, well, wages will go down. (You need the majority/expectation of non-remote work to prevent that.)

If power is what you lack, household cost cutting in the form of remote work won't get you there. Put solidarity before your individualist paradise.