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John deere game for pc9/20/2023 It’s this creeping unnecessary complexity which is the true enemy of right-to-repair, and we shouldn’t forget that. It’s not a complete victory if anyone can now use the software to register a new hydraulic valve with the system instead that hydraulic valve should not have to be authorised in the first place. The problem starts not with the DMCA restriction itself, but with the extension of the machine’s computer system into every part, including those many parts which simply don’t need it. So this is good news, and we’re guessing that other agricultural manufacturers doing the same DMCA practices will now follow suit. If farmers getting caught out waiting for a Deere van to arrive while their crop withers in the field wasn’t enough, when the price of a second-hand tractor without the DRM outstrips that of a newer one with it, eventually the sales of new tractors will also suffer. We can’t imagine that Deere will have taken this step willingly, and while we’d like to imagine that consumer protests in favour of right-to-repair have hit their mark, we’re guessing that it’s more of an economic pressure at work alongside the threat of legislation outside their native America. Finally now we can bring you some good news of sorts, as the agricultural giant has signed a memorandum of understanding with the American Farm Bureau Federation to ensure that their products will henceforth be repairable by people without Deere approval. They’ve become a poster child in the battle for the right to repair, a symbol of the worst practices. Over the last few years we have brought you many stories about John Deere tractors, and how their repair has been locked down such that only manufacturer-authorised technicians can work on them. Posted in green hacks, News, Repair Hacks Tagged drm, john deere, right to repair We’ve reported on this story for a long time, here’s a previous piece of legislation tried in another state. Only when all machines and devices have the same protection can we truly be said to have achieved the right to repair. It’s exciting news for everybody as it proves that right-to-repair legislation is possible, however since this applies only to agricultural machinery the battle is by no means over. Once they are required to release any access codes for the Coloradans those same codes will by extension be available to any other farmers, and though we’re guessing they won’t do this, they would be best advised to give up on the whole DRM idea and concentrate instead on making better tractors to fix their by-now-damaged brands. But in fact as we read it, with this law in place the game is de facto up for the tractor makers. This may sound like a small victory, and it will no doubt be followed by further rearguard actions from the industry as similar laws are tabled in other states. Now after a long legal fight involving many parties, the repair and parts company iFixit sound justifiably pleased as they announce the world’s first agricultural right to repair law being passed in the US state of Colorado. An old Deere is worth more than a nearly new one in many places, because for several years now their models have had all their parts locked down by DRM technologies such that only their own fitters can replace them. Usually the yellow and green variants that come from John Deere, as the agricultural manufacturer has become the poster child for all that is wrong in the fight for the right to repair. Long time readers will know that occasionally we mix up our usual subject matter with a dash of farm equipment.
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