John Deere owners will get the right to repair equipment under FTC settlement
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Re: John Deere owners will get the right to repair equipment under FTC settlement
#2Good. It's a tractor, not some tiny glued-together tech gadget.
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Re: John Deere owners will get the right to repair equipment under FTC settlement
#4Good. It's a tractor, not some tiny glued-together tech gadget.
Shouldn't we be able to repair a tiny glued togethee tech gadget as well?
Re: John Deere owners will get the right to repair equipment under FTC settlement
#5Good. It's a tractor, not some tiny glued-together tech gadget.
Shouldn't we be able to repair a tiny glued togethee tech gadget as well?
This is only getting this level of scrutiny because it's related to big ag, and John Deere is the worst example.
They're a political football now and it's more of a feel good measure.
Re: John Deere owners will get the right to repair equipment under FTC settlement
#6> Deere must pay $1 million collectively to the five states for antitrust enforcement costs and will be subject to strict compliance oversight for the next 10 years.
$1 million fine for probably $10 billion in profit. I know what lesson I'd learn if my only personal value was maximizing shareholder value. The compliance part can be dealt with later.
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#7Bananas that stuff like this needs to get litigated in our society - if you asked 100 random people "should farmers be able to repair their equipment", you would get 100 yes's.
Re: John Deere owners will get the right to repair equipment under FTC settlement
#8Bananas that stuff like this needs to get litigated in our society - if you asked 100 random people "should farmers be able to repair their equipment", you would get 100 yes's.
Until you tell them how easy it makes it to bypass emissions restrictions. My tractor was shipped with a screw turned down to Opening up John Deere tractors for right to repair virtually assures they will ~all be doing emissions deletes. Part of their lock-down was profit seeking, but the other half is that different vendors had different ideas interpretations of the law about how locked down the system had to be to prevent emissions tampering, and domestic companies more subject to US law were generally far more paranoid about it.
Re: John Deere owners will get the right to repair equipment under FTC settlement
#9Great news, the fine is so small doesn’t matter, but curing the wrong does. My hope is this standard will apply to modern cars as well, repair manuals and the software tools to interact with the cars are also heavily restricted by the manufacturers.
Re: John Deere owners will get the right to repair equipment under FTC settlement
#10As much as I hope this is a turning point, I’m not holding my breath.
John Deere was one of the most egregious offenders in the right-to-repair movement, especially with how expensive their tractors are. There’s definitely a difference paying for the repair of a ten of thousands of dollars machine versus having to buy new AirPods.
I’m no expert in US law, but my understanding is an FTC settlement doesn’t create any precedent like a court case would, so I don’t anticipate this leading to other offenders, like in tech, being held accountable. Their support is too important right now.
Ultimately, I think the underlying motive for the administration is scoring a win for a core constituency, farmers. Tariffs and immigration enforcement have really harmed the viability of their farms, but at least the admin can say the did something for them.
Nevertheless, I’m glad that John Deere is being forced to provide parts and information to individuals and repair shops.