I’m not sure the right to repair initiatives that worked fairly well will work as well for tractors.
“What does the software cost?” matters tremendously in terms of whether you have no right to repair (today), practically no way to repair, or an effective right to repair.
For Ford’s diagnostic software, I might be able to buy it for several thousand dollars and expect to use it 100 times per year over the course of running my repair shop.
For a tractor owner who doesn’t want to risk being broken down in a field, what’s the equivalent?
I support the broad right to repair (even if it means the initial sale costs more because the manufacturer no longer has a monopoly downstream on service), but I worry that with uncapped price on software you can have theoretically the right to repair without economically having it.
“What does the software cost?” matters tremendously in terms of whether you have no right to repair (today), practically no way to repair, or an effective right to repair.
For Ford’s diagnostic software, I might be able to buy it for several thousand dollars and expect to use it 100 times per year over the course of running my repair shop.
For a tractor owner who doesn’t want to risk being broken down in a field, what’s the equivalent?
I support the broad right to repair (even if it means the initial sale costs more because the manufacturer no longer has a monopoly downstream on service), but I worry that with uncapped price on software you can have theoretically the right to repair without economically having it.