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Originally Posted by john70t View Post
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.
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
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