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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: 0.202s | source
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aucisson_masque ◴[18 Oct 24 22:08 UTC] No.41883935[source]▶
I'm not and do not know American farmer so I'm asking a genuine question, why did they keep buying Deere tractors ?

I know for a fact that there are competitors, in Europe we have many other brand of tractors. It would make no sense to buy something that you know you can't repair.

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1. randomdata ◴[19 Oct 24 00:25 UTC] No.41884648[source]▶
I am a farmer, although one that isn't big enough to buy new equipment. Essentially, what happens is that only the big operators buy new – or more likely lease new – where they only keep it for a season or two. They aren't apt to be too worried about right to repair as the machine will be under warranty the entire time they keep it. Once it goes onto the used market, well... You're at the mercy of what is on the used market.