On: The feds are coming for John Deere over the right ...

[farceSpherule]

Farming.. The ultimate form of corporate welfare..

"This is all a bit misleading. Farmers don’t want to repair their own equipment. They want to be able to call someone on a Sunday when something breaks to come fix it. Which they can’t do today due to restrictions on John Deere’s IP that limits 3rd parties from offering that service."

[zaphar → farceSpherule]

For what it's worth, if they bought the tractor I also think they should be able to call a third party on a Sunday to repair the tractor if it breaks. That is sort of how ownership is supposed to work.

[colechristensen → farceSpherule]

There are two alternatives here:

* your food is 5x more expensive as a result of protectionist tariffs

* there are no protectionist tariffs and all of your food is produced in and imported from poor countries who can now use this as diplomatic leverage

[sojournerc → farceSpherule]

You do like eating, right? Of all the things to subsidize, food seems like a good one.