John Deere idiocy

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  1. Autoknown

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    The FTC’s settlement requires Deere—for the next 10 years and under the supervision of the FTC and plaintiff states—to provide farmers and independent repair providers with the same equipment repair resources, including applicable software capabilities, that it currently provides to authorized Deere dealers.

    FTC, States Secure Settlement with Deere & Company, Advancing Farmers’ Right to Repair | Federal Trade Commission

    This is good, but why are US even allowing this structure? Everyone disagrees - apart from revenue stream shareholders. Strike?
     
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    it all depends on pac money and votes. nothing else matters
     
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    What about price to access, reasonable?