John Deere is a symptom of a wider problem in regards to right to repair. Legally speaking there is a lot of progress that needs to be made in the realm of cons

John Deere is a symptom of a wider problem in regards to right to repair. Legally speaking there is a lot of progress that needs to be made in the realm of consumer electronics. But for vehicles be they road cars or tractors it can all be fixed with one good federal court case. What John Deere, and Tesla and most automakers are trying to do is basically circumvent the Sherman Act through an abuse of copyright law. SCOTUS has been pretty crappy on tying lately and has raised the bar, the opposite of what should be happening. But it seems right to repair is gaining a lot of broad political support so hopefully that will soon be undone.