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
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 03 2018, @10:22AM
...and domestic producers would likely try to get a massive tariff put on any foreign manufacturer who would compete on that level--if one was even interested.
Seems like a good time to be in the used|dumb tractor overhaul|resale business.
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