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Written by 404 Media on 2025-01-15 at 16:58

New: The FTC has formally sued John Deere over its tractor repair monopoly, which is the strongest punitive action the federal government has ever taken against a company over restricting right to repair

https://www.404media.co/ftc-sues-john-deere-over-its-repair-monopoly/

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Written by P Stewart on 2025-01-15 at 17:04

@404mediaco Given the timing, hopefully the suit doesn't just get dropped next week.

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Written by Mousey on 2025-01-15 at 22:12

@pstewart @404mediaco

yeah, this sounds a lot like too little too late.

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Written by Da_Gut on 2025-01-15 at 17:29

@404mediaco Good! Also the bastards use a lot of open source software at the root of their proprietary software. In complete and total violation of the license of those pieces of software.

[#]FOSS

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Written by Andrew Wedlake on 2025-01-15 at 18:15

@404mediaco Regretfully, I think the CEO of John Deer will just have dinner with Trump, donate $1m to his be-my-friend account, and the whole lawsuit will vanish.

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