John Deere dealerships lobby against right to repair: Difference between revisions

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The issue at hand for farmers is the difficulty to repair their own farming equipment. Farmers could not do much to diagnose the problem with their tractor, as they did not have access to the diagnostic software themselves — only a John Deere dealer, not an independent mechanic nor the farmer.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/05/26/1000400896/standoff-between-farmers-and-tractor-makers-intensifies-over-repair-issues|publisher=NPR News|title=Standoff Between Farmers And Tractor Makers Intensifies Over Repair Issues|date=26 May 2021|author=Uri Berliner|format=radio transcript|language=en}}</ref>  
The issue at hand for farmers is the difficulty to repair their own farming equipment. Farmers could not do much to diagnose the problem with their tractor, as they did not have access to the diagnostic software themselves — only a John Deere dealer, not an independent mechanic nor the farmer.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/05/26/1000400896/standoff-between-farmers-and-tractor-makers-intensifies-over-repair-issues|publisher=NPR News|title=Standoff Between Farmers And Tractor Makers Intensifies Over Repair Issues|date=26 May 2021|author=Uri Berliner|format=radio transcript|language=en}}</ref>