Farmers Win the Right to Repair Their Own Tractors in Colorado

by ewhanleyon 4/14/2023, 1:30:25 PM with 4 comments
  • by jader201on 4/14/2023, 2:03:16 PM

    From 2 days ago (119 comments):

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35532479

  • by xeromalon 4/14/2023, 1:57:15 PM

    I think this is a great first step. The plains area of the US is responsible for a ton of food and we need our farmers to save as much money as possible. John Deer pressing them under its thumb only increases prices for farmers and Americans.

  • by Overtonwindowon 4/14/2023, 2:05:01 PM

    Wonderful progress but.... It says for enforcement that "failure to comply with the law would result in a charge of deceptive trade practices" should the company not provide farmers with "parts, software, firmware, tools and documentation."

    How enforceable is this? John Deere could say no, we're not going to provide any of these to Colorado since they are an Illinois company. Colorado would have to go after John Deere but.. who would be the focal point of that enforcement? John Deere retailers?

    It's possible they might just pull out of Colorado... I don't see how Colorado could enforce this against a company HQ'd in Illinois.

  • by 83on 4/14/2023, 2:21:15 PM

    Now if only we could get software to unlock parts for our cars :(