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568 points rntn | 1 comments | 18 Oct 24 16:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source

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farceSpherule ◴[18 Oct 24 20:01 UTC] No.41882944[source]▶

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."

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1. colechristensen ◴[18 Oct 24 20:24 UTC] No.41883144[source]▶

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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

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