John Deere to Pay $99 Million in Monumental Right-to-Repair Settlement

The ag manufacturing giant will also make digital diagnostic, maintenance, and repair tools available to third parties for 10 years.

The Drive
The stock is up 5% today. What’s the catch?

They settled, and paid pennies for being able to continue the status quo. Given that the headline is journalistic malpractice at best; and you asking this question kinda proves that.

> While the agricultural manufacturing giant pointed out in a statement that this is no admission of wrongdoing

Welp, gotta sue again in the future, hopefully lobbied laws in place to prevent whatever forced them to settle by then!