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TopicFarmers have to hack their tractors because of strict repair restrictions
darkjedilink
02/02/18 12:17:02 PM
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josifrees posted...
DuranOfForcena posted...
FLUFFYGERM posted...
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/xykkkd/why-american-farmers-are-hacking-their-tractors-with-ukrainian-firmware

This is bullshit. We need a campaign against John Deere's bullshit.

i don't see how software like that is even legal. imagine if car companies tried that shit and made it so no one could get any work done on their cars except at the dealership. you go, farmers. fight that shit.


Well...if you want to be able to program, reflash or update the 3 or 4 most important modules in a car as a non dealership auto mechanic you have to first buy extremely expensive automotive specific computers and then pay an expensive subscription to each automotive manufacturer you wish to be able to program, reflash or update so its not much different.

Not quite, but close.
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