The "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 t

The "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.