kottke.org12h ago
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
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.

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Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES10h ago

@kottke

ukraine had a nice underground economy selling firmware to american farmers that allowed them to hack their tractors

this was before the stupid ukraine war

it's one of the things that made me think, combined with the fact ukraine was the technological heart of the old soviet union, that russia had made a colossal mistake

ukrainian ingenuity is not something to be trifled with

Show threadJargoggles9h ago

@benroyce @kottke
Even since the days of the Russian Empire, Ukraine has been the agricultural heartland of the region. Hell, even the colors their flag represent blue skies and wheat fields. They know a thing or three about farming.

Combining the two - early in the war, I remember reading stories about Ukrainians repurposing captured Russian vehicles for agricultural work. I still get a kick out of that.

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@jargoggles @kottke

yup

video of ukrainian farmers towing away or driving away russian tanks was an early feature of the war

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