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

Farming.. The ultimate form of corporate welfare..

"This is all a bit misleading. Farmers don’t want to repair their own equipment. They want to be able to call someone on a Sunday when something breaks to come fix it. Which they can’t do today due to restrictions on John Deere’s IP that limits 3rd parties from offering that service."

There are two alternatives here:

* your food is 5x more expensive as a result of protectionist tariffs

* there are no protectionist tariffs and all of your food is produced in and imported from poor countries who can now use this as diplomatic leverage

You do like eating, right? Of all the things to subsidize, food seems like a good one.

For what it's worth, if they bought the tractor I also think they should be able to call a third party on a Sunday to repair the tractor if it breaks. That is sort of how ownership is supposed to work.