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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: 0.204s | 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. zaphar ◴[18 Oct 24 23:40 UTC] No.41884466[source]▶
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.