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Tractor Hacking: The Farmers Breaking Big Tech's Repair Monopoly

posted by janrinok on Saturday February 03 2018, @05:40AM   Printer-friendly
from the you-don't-own-anything-anymore dept.

linkdude64 writes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8JCh0owT4w

When it comes to repair, farmers have always been self reliant. But the modernization of tractors and other farm equipment over the past few decades has left most farmers in the dust thanks to diagnostic software that large manufacturers hold a monopoly over.

Farmers using Eastern European cracking software for their tractors, and MS, Apple, etc. want to stop them.

Related: Right to Repair

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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by legont on Saturday February 03 2018, @06:14AM (7 children)

    by legont (4179) on Saturday February 03 2018, @06:14AM (#632391)

    Back in early nineties I processed all the repair manuals for Deer tractors. The manuals were amazing. I am pretty sure anybody with basic skills could fix anything. Yes, in all major languages.

    There was (or perhaps still is) a company on Long Island that tested all the tractors and wrote the manuals. Their pride was that a tractor could be in an obscure place and still should be fixable by the farmer who bought it himself..

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 03 2018, @06:35AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 03 2018, @06:35AM (#632392)

    Obvious fake.

    Deer tractors

    The company is "John Deere". Deer tend to be rather light and small-hooved, which makes them unsuitable as draft animals. Thus Oxen are preferred, or Horses if they are big enough.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 03 2018, @07:12AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 03 2018, @07:12AM (#632398)

      I think he meant deer tractor... https://i.ytimg.com/vi/04pDiVk1Z7A/maxresdefault.jpg [ytimg.com]

    • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Saturday February 03 2018, @09:35AM (1 child)

      by maxwell demon (1608) on Saturday February 03 2018, @09:35AM (#632437) Journal

      I hear Santa has made good experience with Reindeer tractors, though.

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 04 2018, @09:01AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 04 2018, @09:01AM (#632853)

        You just don't look up when they pass over.

  • (Score: 2) by Dr Spin on Saturday February 03 2018, @08:16AM (2 children)

    by Dr Spin (5239) on Saturday February 03 2018, @08:16AM (#632412)

    Their pride was that a tractor could be in an obscure place and still should be fixable by the farmer who bought it himself..

    If you want that now, buy Indian made product.

    Someone is heavily involved in Making America Crap Again

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 03 2018, @08:51AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 03 2018, @08:51AM (#632424)

      Constituting America Crap Again?

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 04 2018, @09:02AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 04 2018, @09:02AM (#632854)

        Whoosh? CACA! (Hispanic slang for feces.)