Chris Berube

So this is the problem we talked about at the beginning of the show where the tractor shuts itself down.

So this all sounds like good news, but there are still some caveats.

OK, so what what is this caveat?

Well, Jared says there are still flaws with the repair software.

He's particularly concerned about the way it collects his data, his harvesting data.

He says that's not ideal for him.

He's actually been part of a class action lawsuit against John Deere, saying they have an unfair monopoly on repair tools and the software is part of the complaints that they filed.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Yeah.

I mean, when you put it that way, it sounds pretty silly.

But these right to repair laws like they can make a big difference.

Right.

But they aren't a magic bullet.

Like many of these laws do not outlaw parts pairing, for example.

So they don't solve the problem of interoperability.

You know, you can't necessarily put third party parts on to repair something.

So there's an argument that these laws could go further.

You're totally locked into the platform.

So in lots of ways, like you need these laws to be more comprehensive.