It's the ethernet cable I care about, not lebron james

Setting: low-income slum neighborhood, participant just moved into her first floor one-room apartment for herself (most people live 3-5 per room), there is a tiny bathroom inside her room, costs 400RMB/month ($62)

She takes me to her apartment for the first time. 

Me: oh wow, you have a Lebron James poster hung up?

Participant: Yea.

Me: do you like basketball?

Participant: No, it was already here when I moved in.

Me: oh wow, that's pretty generous of the previous renter to leave it here.

Participant: it is more generous that the person left a working ethernet cable.

Me: what do you mean? The cable isn't included in the rent?

Participant: it should be included, but sometimes people cut a piece of it off when they move. But this person left the cable and the poster! I'm sure some basketball fan would be happy to see Lebron, but it doesn't matter to me. I guess I could sell it for a couple of bucks, but that's not worth my time. 

For 60yuan/month ($10), she could get online and pay 20RMB/month ($3). for a US IP address. She does not reply on internet cafes because she now has her own laptop, given to her by a lover who had much more money than her. She now can experience what she calls the "pure pleasure of private browsing."