korabas

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   by korabas 7y ago

   > Good luck for average Joe Farmer troubleshooting why the hydraulic valve doesn't work? And what if Joe Farmer wanted to take his faulty tractor to Bill Repair Man who knows about this but charges a lot less than Deere?
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   by korabas 7y ago

   These are at least logical arguments. I am also not sure I agree with them, or rather with the way things turn out in practice. But, as they say, "a villain is a hero in the other side".
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   by korabas 7y ago

   Right, I cannot really argue with that. I wasn't mentioning Apple as an example of a good role model here, just to be clear.
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   by korabas 7y ago

   Right, that makes sense, at least from the point of view of the manufacturer, in that you're also "buying" support, etc. It's still a bit sad that there's no opt-in into such deal, ad that farmers don't seem to
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   by korabas 7y ago

   Honest question: what would be the rationale to prevent farmers from repairing their machinery themselves instead of through the manufacturer (in this case, Deere)? To my mind, from the point of view of the "user" (i.e. the farmer