David Imel

Right.

But...

Netgear's like the router that got hacked in the whole thing they're referencing for doing the banning list.

I think it was just a lacking of updating a security measure in the routers.

Do you know what email I did get this morning?

What?

From Netgear.

It says, Netgear is the first retail consumer router company to receive conditional approval from the FCC.

And then a whole thing about how they're the first ever retail customer with conditional approval.

Yeah, the SEC called for a stronger safety and security standards.

This aligns with our security-first approach.

Yeah, but I think arguably one of the biggest things, despite it sounding like it has absolutely nothing to do with tech, John Deere just settled for a $99 million lawsuit over right to repair.

Yeah, John Deere is like this thing where in the tech world doesn't feel like it has anything to do with us, but they are just... Right to Repair hates John Deere because of all the stuff that they do.

So this is obviously much larger.

$99 million of farmers in a class action lawsuit that accuses them of preventing farmers or mechanics from being able to repair their equipment.

Yeah.

With the new lawsuit, John Deere is going to make repair resources, this is where I was a little confused, available for 10 years based on a license or subscriptions, which sounds like not the best way of doing this.

I'm not totally sure how that's working out, but they have agreed to allow owners and shops to run diagnostics on equipment while in offline mode by the end of the year.

Which is huge because previously what you had to do if you were a farmer who had a giant tractor break is bring it to an authorized dealer to get it fixed.

From your farm.