John Deere is costing American farmers $4.2 billion a year by restricting them from fixing their own tractors. Apple, Amazon and major automakers use the same strategies on everything you own. It’s bad for consumers and local mechanics, but excellent for corporate profits.

  • The Hobbyist@lemmy.zip
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    1 month ago

    Would part of this be addressed by allowing users to actually disable the network connectivity on their devices and vehicles and mandate that the devices and vehicles should be unaffected by disabled network connectivity?

    I think that combined with illegal part pairing and parts availability would allow much more control over the products we buy.