The right to repair.

[kmo]

 

[Farmer Roy]

there was a big court case in the US about this, either last year or early this year

of great relevance to Australian farmers ( who could be 100's of km from their nearest dealer ) as well . . .

 

[Dry Rot]

A very good video and one every farmer should watch.

 

[7610 super q]

Don't buy John Deere then.

 

[Farmer Roy]

the court case was against JD - but the potential is there for similar with all ag machinery / software

 

[Dman2]

So why carry on buying John Deere
Farmers need to vote with their feet

 

[Dry Rot]

It's everything these days. Can't buy outright, have to buy a lease. Didn't they try that with GM seed?

 

[holywell farmer]

So why carry on buying John Deere
Farmers need to vote with their feet

And there wallets

 

[Farmer Roy]

So why carry on buying John Deere
Farmers need to vote with their feet

And there wallets

see my above post

 

[Dry Rot]

I suspect it is the shape of things to come. Buy a used computer with software already installed and you will discover you have to buy the software to use it even though that's already been paid for by the first buyer

If you buy a used book, perhaps you should be required to pay the author, publisher, printer, distributor, and bookseller a fee even though they've already been paid?

If you had access to one of the east European hacks for the tractor software mentioned in the video, would you buy it and use it? And that, too, is the shape of things to come which is going turn most of us into criminals!

 

[Pond digger]

This kind of inbuilt, obsolescence by stealth is a crime against the environment. We really do need legislation against this kind of crap! Why kind we join the bloody dots.