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Is there even any data or evidence to support the claims that letting farmers repair their tractors with OEM parts is going to result in deaths and injuries? A
by siruncledrew 4y ago
Is there even any data or evidence to support the claims that letting farmers repair their tractors with OEM parts is going to result in deaths and injuries?
And wouldn’t there already be company liability protections and user agreements in place anyways?
It just seems like a ridiculously condescending “but think of all the farmers that will die” argument that these people are too stupid to be allowed to work with their own equipment.
- scohesc 4y agoThe "think of the farmers!" excuse is the exact same as the "think of the children!" It's meant to make you "feel" for them as opposed to actually looking at the objective facts like "people have been replacing parts on their vehicles/tractors/farm equipment every since the ICE was invented over 100 years ago and there wasn't a 99% casualty rate like John Deere is trying to invoke in your head." It's frustrating seeing the newer generations grow up into this, because they're going to be used to it and see it as a part of their daily lives - "Oh well, time to log a service call with Tractor Company X and wait two weeks for a service tech to show up while my crops stay untreated" If companies like Apple, John Deere, etc. stayed in their wheelhouse and didn't actively restrict new up and comers into a market that already requires millions of capital to even consider starting - maybe then there'd be more competition and we'd have tractor companies that let you change your own parts out and they'd likely put a company like Deere out of business or at least heavily financially push them to have a better service call experience.
- tinus_hn 4y agoConsidering people have always been repairing their own vehicles, that’s quite unlikely. DRM parts are a recent invention.