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

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: 1) by anubi on Saturday February 03 2018, @12:25PM

    by anubi (2828) on Saturday February 03 2018, @12:25PM (#632497) Journal

    You certainly did not tell him what he could do with the money! It was his to use as he sees fit.

    Just how asinine would it be to even think you could place that kind of limit on the trade?

    Legislation gone amuck...

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