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How generous of them

• chii 4y ago
  obviously they smell the direction of the wind. It's obviously better for deere to set the terms of the repairs, rather than have it be dictated to them via legislation.
  • zoklet-enjoyer 4y ago
    It's ridiculous that we live in a world where the manufacturer is in the position to set terms of repairs. Once someone buys a piece of equipment it's theirs and they should be allowed to repair and modify it however they see fit.
    • the-printer 4y ago
      It is oppression.
    • randomdata 4y ago
      Deere rose up to being one of the top equipment brands because they put extra effort into ensuring the equipment was repairable. There is a lot of equipment in the scrap heap from other brands that you can't get parts for. Theoretically you can repair them, but the cost to hire someone to recreate/design a one-off part can be extraordinarily expensive. Deere likes to boast that they have parts in stock for equipment that is 75+ years old. Hell, John Deere owns A&I Products, the premier aftermarket farm equipment parts supplier (multiple brands, Deere included). They have no problem with you repairing your equipment. What happened, however, is that the equipment manufacturers in modern times streamlined manufacturing such that they created a whole line of equipment that is physically identical but differentiated by software unlocks. The problem is that if you were able to repair the software, you would be able to unlock features. It is access to those systems has been closely guarded to prevent piracy, just as all kinds of software has done for 50+ years. They do have a problem with you using software you didn't pay for.
      • ENGNR 4y ago
        But if the software is just a feature flag, I can write my own one of those and not pirate their software at all It sounds more like artificially inflating the price for hardware
        • randomdata 4y ago
          If you wrote your own software the whole issue disappears.