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    Tractor Hacking: The Farmers Breaking Big Tech's Repair Monopoly

    When it comes to repair, farmers have always been self reliant. But the modernization of tractors and other farm equipment over the past few decades has left most farmers in the dust thanks to diagnostic software that large manufacturers hold a monopoly over. In this episode of State of...
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    Quote Originally Posted by BucketBack View Post
    When it comes to repair, farmers have always been self reliant. But the modernization of tractors and other farm equipment over the past few decades has left most farmers in the dust thanks to diagnostic software that large manufacturers hold a monopoly over. In this episode of State of...
    https://video.vice.com/en_us/video/m...50d06e318a1c53
    Just talked to the farmer who works our land it is amazing the technology that has been implemented but he said it's no longer grab the toolbox and fix in the field it's call tech support and possibly have a person sent out. A few decades of this and farming the old ways will be lost and the knowledge with it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RubberDuck View Post
    Just talked to the farmer who works our land it is amazing the technology that has been implemented but he said it's no longer grab the toolbox and fix in the field it's call tech support and possibly have a person sent out. A few decades of this and farming the old ways will be lost and the knowledge with it.
    The sad part is this all done by design. These corporations want people dependent upon them. It is the same thing with newer cars as most independent mechanics cannot afford to have diagnostic equipment from each individual automaker.

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    Cars are the same way. Some have multiple computers the talk to each other and when one gets mad, it's a no go anywhere situation! I worked on them for over 30 years and saw the change from simple to complex and if you wanted to learn it you could but many just refused and are now just parts changers. Some of the stuff has been good, such as fuel injection because cars start right up all the time and the choke has been eliminated and fuel economy has improved, and transmissions work better, but rain sensing wind shield wipers? Gimme a break!

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