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The feds are coming for John Deere over the right to repair

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568 points rntn | 1 comments | 18 Oct 24 16:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.212s | source
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seanw444 ◴[18 Oct 24 18:32 UTC] No.41882156[source]▶
One of the very few things I can appreciate from this administration.
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1. KK7NIL ◴[18 Oct 24 18:43 UTC] No.41882270[source]▶
1) agricultural equipment relies on a network of local dealers to sell and maintain the equipment.

For this reason, it's very hard for competition to break in. No one wants to wait 2 weeks for a part for their tractor during crop season.

2) No other manufacturers offer real choice (and the required logistics I mentioned above), so it's not something the free market will fix.