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Originally Posted by john70t
This is a freight train arriving.
Overdue since the BUSH 'patriot act'.
And all the "proud and independent cottage industry" types are eagerly lining up along the tracks for self-driving cars to take over their basic brain function.
Gotta join the next guy in line?
No.
Don't buy it.
And don't let your family members buy it.
Find a better company and support them instead.
Better business and karma that way.
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Not even Patriot Act. It is an effect of copyright law and the DMCA. Got to protect those media business interests!
Here's the effect for farmers with John Deere equipment -
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/16/07/19/1415209/farmers-demand-right-to-fix-their-own-dang-tractors
And another on Deere -
https://news.slashdot.org/story/17/04/10/0340232/american-farmers-are-still-fighting-tractor-software-locks