kottke.orgFarmers 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
a very weeny construct 💀i'm glad the right-to-repair proponents and farmers consider it a victory over john deere (do they?) but the settlement seems so weak from my armchair
$99 million is 150 tractors. $99 million is 2% of their profits in 2025. is 2% a lot? their profits decreased 30% from 2023 to 2024, and then another 30% from 2024 to 2025. they could eat 2% by accident