Wayne,
For the sake of the discussion let's dig a bit further shall we? This is within the context of the burgeoning
"right to repair" movement
Quote from GM:
“Proponents incorrectly conflate ownership of a vehicle with ownership of the underlying computer software in a vehicle.”
GM has been able to mostly avoid the negativity here to date by simply implementing a lax enforcement stance and building a high quality product that requires on average few repairs. Kudos to GM!
John Deere... has decided to take on the farmers. Like Harley Davidson John Deere has made a calculated decision to show the people who buy, use and depend on its products "who is the boss"
Quick Background on what this issue is:
https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/...repair-illegal
Now a farmer is taking Deer to the mat:
“The spirit of the right-to-repair is the birthright we all share as a hot-rodding nation,” he says, channeling his inner Thomas Jefferson and Big Daddy Don Garlits".
"Big Tractor says farmers have no right to access the copyrighted software that controls every facet of today’s equipment, even to repair their own machines".
The computer sees a problem and the entire tractor is bricked right then and there - often in the field until an authorized Deere Rep can arrive to fix it or haul it back to the dealer.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/featu...00-000-tractor
SO...What do you want to bet that with the newest electric car technology - GM will likely go full tilt in the near future with the kinds of intellectual control (“an implied license") the enforcement tactic of choice that Deer has in place today BTW all conveniently wrapped in the need for "safety" of course.
