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You're not wrong, but I'm having difficulty understanding the point you're after. Farms large and small use equipment new and old and have periods during the y
by jcims 5y ago
You're not wrong, but I'm having difficulty understanding the point you're after. Farms large and small use equipment new and old and have periods during the year when shit can't break.
Of course the largest exposure to the right to repair issue is with the large farms. They run the greatest percentage of newest (so greater likelihood of incident) and largest (greater impact of downtime) equipment. However, I'd say the greatest existential risks could easily be with the smaller farms that are running new kit. You're less likely to have backup equipment and are going to struggle getting priority from service teams when you're the smallest of ten customers that are broken down.
- throwaway0a5e 5y agoMy point is that "new enough to have DRM depending on who you bought it from" machines represent the majority of heavy equipment out there in the US. There are plenty of old machine around but they're special purpose and spend a lot of time sitting around. The guy running a farm with a couple antique tractors or running a gravel pit with a collection of obsolete loaders is out there but he's a rounding error.
- jcims 5y agoAh! Makes sense considering the post you replied to. I just wasn't tracking...caffeine is still diffusing through the system lol.