This is an important development -- a new tractor company selling machines that encourage repairs by the people who use them, rather than expensive control by a corporate monopolist.

Reply to This is an important development -- a new tractor company selling machines that encourage repairs by the people who use them, rather than expensive control by a corporate monopolist. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 06:04:21 GMT

lizzard@social.tchncs.de — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 06:04:21 GMT

@a_cubed as an EU citizen, I really loved hearing about this legislation.

Reply to This is an important development -- a new tractor company selling machines that encourage repairs by the people who use them, rather than expensive control by a corporate monopolist. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 05:59:10 GMT

huntn00@mastodon.world — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 05:59:10 GMT

@dangillmor Finally some substantial backlash to proprietary software. The trend in autos has been making it harder to repair beyond the preview of the dealer. They want the $$ paid to them.

Reply to This is an important development -- a new tractor company selling machines that encourage repairs by the people who use them, rather than expensive control by a corporate monopolist. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 05:58:03 GMT

alex_p_roe@mastodon.world — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 05:58:03 GMT

@dangillmor This company will be fine until investors push for profits to increase every year and devious ways to increase profits have to be found to satisfy the lust for eternal (but impossible) profit growth.

Reply to This is an important development -- a new tractor company selling machines that encourage repairs by the people who use them, rather than expensive control by a corporate monopolist. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 05:01:05 GMT

roadskater@mastodon.social — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 05:01:05 GMT

@dangillmor In apparently a similar vein, Slate trucks.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/06/slate-says-its-electric-pickup-will-never-track-you/

Reply to This is an important development -- a new tractor company selling machines that encourage repairs by the people who use them, rather than expensive control by a corporate monopolist. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:03:34 GMT

blizzarda@mastodon.social — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:03:34 GMT

@dangillmor right to repair will win

Reply to This is an important development -- a new tractor company selling machines that encourage repairs by the people who use them, rather than expensive control by a corporate monopolist. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 03:41:28 GMT

r_3_t_3_c_h@defcon.social — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 03:41:28 GMT

@dangillmor There's a company to buy stock in.

Sadly they will be bought out and dismanteled by John Deer.

Reply to This is an important development -- a new tractor company selling machines that encourage repairs by the people who use them, rather than expensive control by a corporate monopolist. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 03:38:43 GMT

lucentinian@mastodon.social — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 03:38:43 GMT

@dangillmor when you're facing monopolies like that, or closed systems, you can create your own foundation for an "open source" tractor project. You may want to contact the @fsf or riscv.org or @TheASF to learn how they did it in their respective industries...

Reply to This is an important development -- a new tractor company selling machines that encourage repairs by the people who use them, rather than expensive control by a corporate monopolist. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 03:30:50 GMT

a_cubed@mastodon.social — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 03:30:50 GMT

@dangillmor @jamesmarshall
A recent update to the relevant EU regulations are also forcing JohnhDeer3 into making it easier to access repair information, materials and parts.

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/eu-legislation-enshrines-machinery-right-to-repair-from-2026/

Reply to This is an important development -- a new tractor company selling machines that encourage repairs by the people who use them, rather than expensive control by a corporate monopolist. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 03:00:15 GMT

defractal@infosec.exchange — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 03:00:15 GMT

RE: https://mastodon.social/@dangillmor/116695066725860689

@dangillmor Someone convince #MarkCarney et al to promote this thing internationally, especially in countries not engaged in any trade war against us. Exporting train cars of these through our Pacific and Atlantic ports to Oceania, Asia, Europe, Africa, and South and Central America, with federal assistance to scale for international demand, would harm the #separatist cause.

And spreading #rightToRepair is an unalloyed good anyway. @avilewis, you at least know the guy. Happen to have a means to get in touch? I imaging the #NDP would be supportive of helping other countries get free of the US duopoly with their inbuilt kill-switches.

Meanwhile, can anyone persuade this company to offer an electric variant? If it's just as independently repairable, a lot of countries would want that option instead.

#cdnpoli #abpoli

Reply to This is an important development -- a new tractor company selling machines that encourage repairs by the people who use them, rather than expensive control by a corporate monopolist. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 02:32:16 GMT

moelassus@mastodon.social — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 02:32:16 GMT

@dangillmor I wish someone would do this for cars!

Reply to This is an important development -- a new tractor company selling machines that encourage repairs by the people who use them, rather than expensive control by a corporate monopolist. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 02:15:54 GMT

virtuous_sloth@cosocial.ca — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 02:15:54 GMT

@dangillmor One positive thing about Alberta!

Reply to This is an important development -- a new tractor company selling machines that encourage repairs by the people who use them, rather than expensive control by a corporate monopolist. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 02:15:50 GMT

oscarfalcon@mastodon.social — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 02:15:50 GMT

@dangillmor

We need to make this company thrive so that others pop up and create a new market because we would not want a "Preston Tucker" or "John Delorean" situation happening, incited by US agrobiz... because you know they would love to.