Nebraska farmers vote overwhelmingly for Right to Repair
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Re: Nebraska farmers vote overwhelmingly for Right to Repair
#2This is a big deal, not only for the farmers using machinery from manufacturers like Deere, but for the rest of society who may now have some precedent for right to repair.
Re: Nebraska farmers vote overwhelmingly for Right to Repair
#3I’m so thankful this has finally come to be. I’m not sure what power the American Farm Bureau has, though. Will this become law?
Re: Nebraska farmers vote overwhelmingly for Right to Repair
#4I’m so thankful this has finally come to be. I’m not sure what power the American Farm Bureau has, though. Will this become law?
I'd love to hear more too, I always hear that farmers have big sway because of the Iowa primary.
Re: Nebraska farmers vote overwhelmingly for Right to Repair
#5This is a big deal, not only for the farmers using machinery from manufacturers like Deere, but for the rest of society who may now have some precedent for right to repair.
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#6I've been paying attention to this for several years. I have an affinity for John Deere, having grown up on a farm that had almost nothing but JD tractors, but their heavy-handed approach to repair work in recent years is unacceptable.
Farmers don't have the funds available to constantly be taking equipment (that sometimes costs upwards of $200,000) to a dealership when it breaks down (and it will break down).
Re: Nebraska farmers vote overwhelmingly for Right to Repair
#7I’m so thankful this has finally come to be. I’m not sure what power the American Farm Bureau has, though. Will this become law?
I would say that there's a high probability of it becoming law. Politicians in Ag heavy states, like Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, etc. are much more likely to listen to AFB, and if there's enough of a push, it could absolutely lead to new laws.
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#8Honest 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, from the point of view of the "user" (i.e. the farmer), that can be seen as somewhat monopolistic.
I tried to find similarities between this situation and that of Apple not letting users tamper with their hardware, but it could be argued that the latter makes a bit more sense given that most of their customers, statistically speaking, are not necessarily tech enthusiasts who know their way around hardware, but in the case of a farmer, I'd imagine most would be perfectly capable of messing around with the internals of a tractor, albeit some software-heavy parts would of course prove almost impossible to "repair".
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Re: Nebraska farmers vote overwhelmingly for Right to Repair
#9I'm shocked someone actually voted no. What would their justification for that vote be? Legit curious if they had a proper argument, didn't understand the issue, or if it was some type of corporate influence.
Re: Nebraska farmers vote overwhelmingly for Right to Repair
#10Honest 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, from the point of view of the "user" (i.e. the farmer), that can be seen as somewhat monopolistic. I tried to find similarities between this situation and that of Apple not letting users tamper with their hardware, but it could be argued that…
Money. You’re not buying a tractor, you’re buying a “platform”.