<![CDATA[Farmers won their right-to-repair fight against John Deere.]]>Farmers won their right-to-repair fight against John Deere. The settlement includes a 10-year “agreement by Deere to provide ‘the digital tools ​required for the maintenance, diagnosis, and repair’ of tractors, combines, and other machinery”. https://www.thedrive.com/news/john-deere-to-pay-99-million-in-monumental-right-to-repair-settlement

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/938f2e11-2b8d-4c21-880f-9b076721241d/farmers-won-their-right-to-repair-fight-against-john-deere.RSS for NodeTue, 14 Apr 2026 03:28:05 GMTThu, 09 Apr 2026 13:32:02 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Farmers won their right-to-repair fight against John Deere. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:48:02 GMT]]>@a_cubed @TerrorBite @claudius @kottke Eeyupp…

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://jorts.horse/users/kkarhan/statuses/116380013845583722https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://jorts.horse/users/kkarhan/statuses/116380013845583722Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:48:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Farmers won their right-to-repair fight against John Deere. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:39:30 GMT]]>@Beachbum @kottke As with trucks (or "semi-trucks" as the US calls them - the big ones) the energy density and charge speed is the problem here. Tractors require intense amounts of power constantly, and there's rarely the opportunity for recuperation through breaking on fields. Additionally they have to work all day. I'm not aware of any battery technology that could handle these demands, nor some sort of mobile charging system that would be sufficiently out-of-the-way (like trucks have).

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/Natanox/statuses/116379744362654645https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/Natanox/statuses/116379744362654645Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:39:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Farmers won their right-to-repair fight against John Deere. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:32:48 GMT]]>@effariwhy @kottke Not sure how it's in NA. Here in Germany most farmers don't even manage to be part of a lobby group that doesn't openly shoot them in the foot, let alone *not* being WAY too hard right-leaning. This definitely is some cultural / educational phenomenon all over the place (or at least in western societies) that should be studied.

Fortunately there's a counter-culture to it incl. a proper lobby group, mostly carried by young farmers.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/Natanox/statuses/116379717995779345https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/Natanox/statuses/116379717995779345Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:32:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Farmers won their right-to-repair fight against John Deere. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 06:50:29 GMT]]>@kottke
I think they John Deere should just be barred from selling unless they open the protocols/APIs/ABIs.

Should be like that for all tech, actually.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://expressional.social/users/notsoloud/statuses/116379079759425978https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://expressional.social/users/notsoloud/statuses/116379079759425978Fri, 10 Apr 2026 06:50:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Farmers won their right-to-repair fight against John Deere. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 06:14:20 GMT]]>@TerrorBite @kkarhan @claudius @kottke
No precedent. It's a settlement before judgement.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/a_cubed/statuses/116378937616356547https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/a_cubed/statuses/116378937616356547Fri, 10 Apr 2026 06:14:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Farmers won their right-to-repair fight against John Deere. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 03:46:04 GMT]]>@kottke
What happens after the 10 years are up? Every John Deere piece of equipment explodes, killing everyone near them at the time?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/Quasit/statuses/116378354637262223https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/Quasit/statuses/116378354637262223Fri, 10 Apr 2026 03:46:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Farmers won their right-to-repair fight against John Deere. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 03:21:28 GMT]]>@kottke that's about 150 tractors. that's absolutely nothing to John Deere.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/onekind/statuses/116378257910320302https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/onekind/statuses/116378257910320302Fri, 10 Apr 2026 03:21:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Farmers won their right-to-repair fight against John Deere. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 03:12:29 GMT]]>@kkarhan @claudius @kottke hopefully the legal precedent this sets is still valuable.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://meow.social/users/TerrorBite/statuses/116378222535460976https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://meow.social/users/TerrorBite/statuses/116378222535460976Fri, 10 Apr 2026 03:12:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Farmers won their right-to-repair fight against John Deere. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 03:03:22 GMT]]>@kottke oh wow

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gwenverbsnouns/statuses/116378186710135150https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gwenverbsnouns/statuses/116378186710135150Fri, 10 Apr 2026 03:03:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Farmers won their right-to-repair fight against John Deere. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:17:30 GMT]]>@kottke Fuck yeah

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaosfem.tw/users/kookie/statuses/116378006348899172https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaosfem.tw/users/kookie/statuses/116378006348899172Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:17:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Farmers won their right-to-repair fight against John Deere. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:05:45 GMT]]>@kottke meanwhile in Oklahoma, https://www.kgou.org/oklahoma-right-to-repair-bill-fails

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Dumbotron/statuses/116377488316255886https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Dumbotron/statuses/116377488316255886Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:05:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Farmers won their right-to-repair fight against John Deere. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 23:46:55 GMT]]>@kottke only 99 Million? So it paid off as they for sure made more money than this by locking everything down. I expected something like 500 Billion.
Oh well, then companies will continue doing this.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kind.social/users/assimilateborg/statuses/116377414263916792https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kind.social/users/assimilateborg/statuses/116377414263916792Thu, 09 Apr 2026 23:46:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Farmers won their right-to-repair fight against John Deere. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 23:08:23 GMT]]>@kottke yippie

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Crovanian/statuses/116377262734865747https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Crovanian/statuses/116377262734865747Thu, 09 Apr 2026 23:08:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Farmers won their right-to-repair fight against John Deere. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 22:26:41 GMT]]>@kottke if only all software was required to include the tools for maintenance, diagnosis, and repairs.

Ever wondered why there are no third party repair shops for software? It's because almost all software is locked up like John Deere's tractors. Only the owner of the software is allowed to fix issues and it is not you.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.edu.nl/users/jaror/statuses/116377098718410057https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.edu.nl/users/jaror/statuses/116377098718410057Thu, 09 Apr 2026 22:26:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Farmers won their right-to-repair fight against John Deere. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:41:36 GMT]]>@kottke Fuck yes! Finally!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gooba42/statuses/116376921442895188https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gooba42/statuses/116376921442895188Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:41:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Farmers won their right-to-repair fight against John Deere. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:12:25 GMT]]>@kottke Good news!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/CorioPsicologia/statuses/116376806723582339https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/CorioPsicologia/statuses/116376806723582339Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:12:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Farmers won their right-to-repair fight against John Deere. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:00:18 GMT]]>@kottke Yes!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/tmiller/statuses/116376759091951288https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/tmiller/statuses/116376759091951288Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:00:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Farmers won their right-to-repair fight against John Deere. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:25:12 GMT]]>@kottke 10 years is absolutly nothing, but at least is an start!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/eickot/statuses/116376621065375835https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/eickot/statuses/116376621065375835Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:25:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Farmers won their right-to-repair fight against John Deere. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:43:10 GMT]]>@kottke John Deere needs to start making an electric tractor so farmers aren’t dependent on diesel.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/Beachbum/statuses/116376455803079313https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/Beachbum/statuses/116376455803079313Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:43:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Farmers won their right-to-repair fight against John Deere. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:16:58 GMT]]>@kottke

This is hugely important. Their model was the oligarchs' fever dream.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://expressional.social/users/lionelb/statuses/116376352758127136https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://expressional.social/users/lionelb/statuses/116376352758127136Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:16:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Farmers won their right-to-repair fight against John Deere. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:23:05 GMT]]>@kottke
Great news!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://union.place/users/PeachMcD/statuses/116376140861788538https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://union.place/users/PeachMcD/statuses/116376140861788538Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:23:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Farmers won their right-to-repair fight against John Deere. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:16:56 GMT]]>@claudius @kottke yeah, that is the problem…

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://jorts.horse/users/kkarhan/statuses/116376116659402780https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://jorts.horse/users/kkarhan/statuses/116376116659402780Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:16:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Farmers won their right-to-repair fight against John Deere. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:15:40 GMT]]>@kkarhan @kottke also no ruling, just a settlement.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://darmstadt.social/users/claudius/statuses/116376111731362705https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://darmstadt.social/users/claudius/statuses/116376111731362705Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:15:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Farmers won their right-to-repair fight against John Deere. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:47:02 GMT]]>@kottke Maybe farmers should stop voting for the conservatives who keep allowing companies to do whatever they want. Imagine not having to sue in the first place, only to get back "somewhere between 26% and 53% of overcharge damages".

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://theforkiverse.com/ap/users/115933222263867120/statuses/116375999127719621https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://theforkiverse.com/ap/users/115933222263867120/statuses/116375999127719621Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:47:02 GMT