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> Good luck for average Joe Farmer troubleshooting why the hydraulic valve doesn't work? And what if Joe Farmer wanted to take his faulty tractor to Bill Repair Man who knows about…

These are at least logical arguments. I am also not sure I agree with them, or rather with the way things turn out in practice. But, as they say, "a villain is a hero in the other …

Right, I cannot really argue with that. I wasn't mentioning Apple as an example of a good role model here, just to be clear.

Right, that makes sense, at least from the point of view of the manufacturer, in that you're also "buying" support, etc. It's still a bit sad that there's no opt-in into such deal,…

Honest question: what would be the rationale to prevent farmers from repairing their machinery themselves instead of through the manufacturer (in this case, Deere)? To my mind, fro…