How John Deere Robs Farmers Of $4 Billion A Year

[@rob.saldana]

having repair restrictions on medical devices is supervillain level of evil

[@Rene-uz3eb]

Which is why maybe 'right to repair' should be framed as 'right to property of all constituents when buying a physical good', while prohibiting licensing restrictions on any part. Ie ownership implies right to repair, unless it's explicitly prohibited for good reason like medical devices.

[@Bewefau]

To be honest, I wouldn't want basement bob to repair medical equipment......

[@Bewefau]

"Where sorry Pam you took that heart transplant machine to Jim Bob and he crossed the wires so now Jerry's dead"

[@themagnanimous1246]

​@@joannebarrand9509 what on earth are you even talking about?

[@JKHTX]

She Didnt watch the entire video​@themagnanimous1246

[@KHUSMC76-99]

I'm a farmer with tractors and I have been able to repair my tractor but it is NOT a John Deere. With this information, I will never buy a JD again.

[@NONEOFYOUR-x5h]

YOU CAN REPAIR A JOHN DEERE THEY ARE TELLING YOU LIES AS I AM A FARMING WITH JOHN DEERE EQUIPMENT

[@defetya]

Good on you man. Vote with your money.

[@mariannesalisbury4056]

❤

[@GraveUypo]

i'm a farmer too, never owned a john deere, and never will.

[@Appus145]

Which one you own ​@@GraveUypo

[@justincoombs9048]

The word "Buy" needs to be a legally protected word.

[@TROLOLOLOLO007]

That’s a pretty good idea

[@aitordotco]

And justice. And free.

[@ajplays-gamesandmusic4568]

You will own nothing, you will pay to continue to own nothing, and you'll love it. #capitalism

[@jasonninja55]

​@@aitordotco Okay justice? How do you quantify that?

[@amzarnacht6710]

They're moving that way. That's why you'll see the term 'license' on things now rather than 'purchase'. And it's why people run up the old jolly roger.

[@R1v3rxb3ar]

Right to Repair is an absolute must, especially with the company mission of planned obsolescence.

[@citylockapolytechnikeyllcc7936]

forget planned obsolescence..... END OF LIFE message will come onscreen when mfr decides to no longer SUPPORT it.

[@lindascott3973]

We voted in the wrong people if we want any relief from corporate greed.

[@willgetbettereventually124]

We live in a crooked world ruined by corporate greed.

[@George-h1y]

Un checked capitalism. It's ruined America and made the rich very much richer. America will never be the same again. You people that voted haven't seen the crap hit the fan yet but you will.

[@speaklouder-kc9wc]

yt

[@hildahilpert5018]

This is a shame. I work with copiers in my job .If I have issues, I call Canon and they come out and fix it. This is so wrong

[@Mster_J]

The other side of the coin is worse

[@Enochrry6024]

Money.

[@muskybites505]

I work at a farm and my boss won’t touch a new tractor for anything. Our newest tractor is a 70’s and we have a couple from the 50’s. Planned obsolescence needs to be ended. The world is upside down…

[@KansasColoradoFarmer]

Cause the dumbing down is real with you lmao

[@marconius101]

We just bought a 1990 Styer 8110 we can fix whatever breaks down on it...

[@landreaeo]

Are you planning the obsolescence of planned obsolescence?

[@Ouchimoo]

My dad and grandpa have 1960-1970 tractors on the small farms I grew up on. We didn't exactly have the right kind of equipment to fix them, but they still managed with a sledge and a jack. I have cousins who have giant sized farms who have the new John Deere combines. It's nothing but horror stories when they break down.

[@eingrobernerzustand3741]

​@@marconius101 Huh, steyr do exist in america, or did i stumble over a fellow European

[@aitordotco]

And this, my friends, is how money moves from the poor to the billionaires.

[@sarahann530]

The poor should make their own Tractors

[@Pepe-zd1kb]

​@@sarahann530 with what money?

[@sarahann530]

@@Pepe-zd1kb They make the tractor and sell it to other poor people and then make another . That's how John Deere started .

[@bonelesscommunism4031]

@@sarahann530yeah bro can’t find a job? just start a business! can’t find a home? just build one! can’t find food or water? make it out of thin air! how did all these homeless people, unemployed people, and starving people just never think of these simple solutions?

[@billpugh58]

Trump is a master at it

[@stormtastic7083]

right to repair is also better for climate, all these companies say they care about the climate but they dont care at all, getting to repair your phone saves that phone from being thrown away but that doesnt give them money

[@popularloner4279]

They have children making these phones paying them nothing…they clearly don’t gaf

[@crispy6311]

Right to Repair needs to be standard in every industry. Otherwise, they're holding consumers hostage.

[@kristiblack4789]

Extortionary RICO Rackets courtesy of Two Party Pinnochio Politicians!

[@ssj2camaro21]

The flip side is the right to incorrectly mess up said repair. Its not all evil and all. Maybe slightly unfair but not unspeakable

[@BettyRubble01801]

@@ssj2camaro21you are a schill.

[@mistermoo7602]

​@@ssj2camaro21 Stupid Stupid Stupid. No more excuses. There is nothing positive about making a product engineered to be impossible to diagnose.

[@robinspanier7017]

​@@ssj2camaro21 oh yeah please do not allow me, a professional it guy, to swap out a phone battery, i could accidently put in a neutron star

[@attemptityourself5662]

Buying isnt owning. Piracy isnt theft. The motto of the video game industry for a decade will slowly expand to every facet of life if people dont stand up to corporations, fast.

[@ginas9246]

Sadly a GOP admin isn't likely to help with that.

[@TheRealcdawg22]

But we can't have unattractive girls in girls' sports! And we certainly can't have children in the military getting taxpayer funded transition surgeries! By God, this is 'merica!

[@amzarnacht6710]

People *CAN'T* stand up to corporations. Big money is buying away consumer rights at a breakneck pace. That will become even worse under the next administration.

[@Brolicpolitics]

Nobody's gonna help with that if we don't start speaking up about it . the Democrats or the GOP

[@0zfer]

@@ginas9246 Because the last four years have been going well for that?

[@thatjeff7550]

The funny thing that I've heard is Polish farmers have figured out how to bypass John Deere's software lockout and are helping American farmers how to do it as well.

[@KlodFather]

I have heard that they are rewriting the firmware for these tractors to eliminate John Deere completely and make the tractor permanently serviceable with no proprietary software. I suspect that there are a few Ukrainian engineers doing this as they were the source for this software development previous to the war.

[@MemueQuetale]

Good. Its just software anyway. Im a software engineer, and I absolutely hate seeing this trend of locking out equipment. Switching a 1 to a 0 in the computer that bricks the entire million dollar machine. Absolutely disguisting. I drive a honda civic from 2002, and there is a reason for that

[@blder56]

I still drive my 2001 truck and it's rusting out from under me. I absolutely dread buying anything newer!

[@GNada-g6l]

I'm told there are Chinese products that actually can bypass Deere's software locks.... I'm told, but I don't completely belive it - it probably does "some" stuff, and badly. Apparently their hacker shops aren't just trying to spy on the US. Trouble is, if your in the US it's hard to get. The portals that would have sold it (e.g, eBay) don't want to be in the crosshairs and won't sell it .

[@aleher4093]

this brought a smile to me. A big middle finger to these greedy companies. They collude to keep this status quo and it must be stopped

[@johnnychuk]

My father purchased a 1939 Model B John Deere from an elderly farmer with whom he was acquainted. I was 9 years old at the time. What a project for both of us! It was the center of series of life lessons for me from my father. I idolized and romanticized John Deere all my life. Learning all of this dismays me. What’s happened to doing the right thing, John Deere?

[@SF-gu5os]

The greed of these companies makes me sick

[@TreeHouseCannabis]

I literally feel so depressed that like literally every global company will do anything to sacrifice everybody and anything in their path just to increase their profits 10% that year

[@kirkslayden834]

And I say you don't need it don't buy it let it Go forget about it And don't get ripped off

[@DavidVandemark]

@@kirkslayden834I’m no expert, but I think farmers do indeed need tractors.

[@i_like_Peanuts]

​@@DavidVandemark He probably meant Boycotting products from companies like these but worded it a bit weird

[@SamuelClemente7718]

But Americans voted for this

[@BillyP13]

This is journalism at its best , kudos to the young lady reporting on this criminal behaviour.

[@erinmorgan8546]

Absolutely 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💯💯💯💯

[@moneymanifestation9505]

😂not having 24/7 customer service for millionaires 😂you're joking right.

[@XRubenX]

@@moneymanifestation9505you’re beyond moronic you’re the reason Americans are constantly called dumb because idiots like you completely miss the point even when its right in your face and obvious as day and night

[@reecemccullough4829]

Garbage article

[@chinaman1]

Let's hope she doesn't suddenly disappear.

[@RoastyToasty]

nice to see real journalism still exists

[@pixels303at-odysee9]

I guarantee you, 75% of comments supporting your claim are missing.

[@Worldwar1944]

@@pixels303at-odysee9it ain’t a claim buddy.

[@pixels303at-odysee9]

@Worldwar1944 you miss my point. One word: censorship. Any questions?

[@ramzeschannel5892]

It's only because it's not so serious problem and all people who repair cars, agriculture machinery, smartphones, notebooks know about this situation!!! Why they doesn't say true about Ukrainian crimes of war, about real reasons of war in Ukraine, Syria, Libia, Afghanistan y much more really serious international problems?!

[@pixels303at-odysee9]

@@ramzeschannel5892 when you have something of substance to contribute and check back to see your comment missing, you will discover what they are attempting to conceal.

[@dennisbalsiger4280]

Most people don’t know this. My sprinter van is the same way. I am bent over every time I come out of the shop. We don’t know it and they don’t tell us when buying it. We do need federal laws to remove all locks and repair manuals to fix it ourselves

[@bartolomeus441]

Restricting right to repair should be illegal. In Poland, there is a huge scandal right now, because train manufacturer, Newag, introduced in the train's software an instruction causing the train to break down randomly, forcing their customers to use only authorized mechanics employed by Newag. And they are trying to sue hackers who exposed them. Corporate greed makes everything worse.

[@V77710]

Wow I want to known more about that

[@lukamagicc]

Notice how it’s always “software” with all these different industries

[@garyhamlin8269]

Wrong, greed makes everything better. You’ll never get rid of it. What’s terrible, is the government prevents OTHER greedy business owners from making a more reliable tractor, without all the emissions control nonsense on it.

[@garyhamlin8269]

The US government shuts down independent mechanics who hack and remove emissions controls and software

[@xmelseru]

It will be in the European Union starting mid of next year

[@MrSkipturner]

I literally had this happen this year. 80 acres of hay got ruined and then cost $5000 to fix tractor.

[@falldarkraven3]

There is ways to fix your John Deere, or other tractors. There is a big group of indivual online who hack and use tools to self repair they tractors. I strongly recommend checking it out and learning, can save you thousands in repairs and lost income.

[@youruniquehandle2]

What DTCs popped up? I'm curious because I have yet to meet a problem on a Deere machine that did not have DTC that described the issue.

[@yzrippin]

All i see now is case and new Holland.

[@ZaraThustra-w2n]

No one made you buy an expensive tractor you can't fix yourself.

[@patrickday4206]

​@@ZaraThustra-w2nyour a piece of work kicking someone because someone else stole from them and cost the a crop

[@Scott-de9gt]

Our legal system sold out to corporations a long time ago, and it just keeps getting worse.

[@williamgonzalaez229]

All planned out. But I want you to notice how all elite share the same religion. Notice how people who gets away with crime all share the same religion. Rev 2:9

[@dedskin1]

Since America exists its a Corporation , it was never anything else . and now America is all over the world , there are rare countries that are not corporations , almost all are , what can it be in Capitalism . So legal system as part of that , is of course there to protect that system , its not sold out , legal system made it .

[@Pfromm007]

The real checks and balances are between Banks, Businesses and the Military.

[@tibyron96]

Its the problem with capitalism by no means is it a perfect system but compared to all the others humanity has tried capitalism has been the best

[@dedskin1]

@@tibyron96 if you think situation in the world is the best that ever was you don't know first thing about history . And by the way saying Capitalism is like saying Computer , you did not say much . There is so much in that word that you can say whatever . And basically how you said it shows what you know about it , you don't even know you do not live in a same system you were born in , for you its all Capitalism , but today modern monetary theory is used , that is how its called , that is Helicopter money , printing press . And that right there is no Capitalism , if i print my self money and go shopping , how is that capitalism . Its not , that is why they had to change the name , they still keep it under Capitalism umbrella , but its completely different system . In Japan is military economy not Capitalism , Sony is a military company , does not make military products but it works exactly like they are Government company making shells ... they are given money , told what to do with it , what to make and so on , and that also is not capitalism , i can write a book , when you say System , that is a big word , books can be written about it , so you cant say its the best system we have for there are 10 different i can give you , they are not the same all different , all called Capitalism . So which one of those is the best that we have . Well you didn't think that deep , you didn't think beyond what you have been told . of course we had better systems , but this one is best for few people to hold all the power , for that its the best , for civilization , world , nation , its far from best we have , its the worst . If i need to paint you a picture , tell you how things were , per say compare the number of hungry by percentage , or how hard is it to own a house , almost all metrics i can find you a system where that was better . Even overall .

[@blackhole4106]

man, good thing we have Lina Khan as the head of the FTC, being the biggest proponent of antitrust laws in the FTC in the past decade.

[@joshywoshy18]

This is proper journalism.

[@jefferyrightmire9520]

AMEN. I think President-elect needs to be informed about this-

[@delbutler885]

This is not proper Journalism

[@Savannahmango]

​@@delbutler885 how come?

[@haroldfarthington7492]

@@delbutler885found the Republican’t

[@javiercanoruvalcaba5070]

​@@jefferyrightmire9520you really think he's going to something about it with Elon Musk being part of the problem?

[@egg7169]

This is by far some of the best journalism I've ever seen

[@jasonprince8655]

Agreed

[@arcatacompany]

off the back of"""""I mean this is seriously outdated old news that's been an ongoing issue for probably 10 years or more"gosh knows how many investigative journalists have covered this story

[@PFrules]

@@egg7169 Yep. Top notch.

[@keithboulton]

Look harder.

[@jasonprince8655]

​@@keithboultonSuggestions?

[@kennithchapman9689]

That's why I love 90's cars. Just modern enough to be comfortable. Old enough to fix easily... My 96 Honda LX 5spd will never die.

[@thefinalroman]

80's

[@kennithchapman9689]

@thefinalroman 80's cars are garbage.

[@boogitybear2283]

1996-2011 cars are the best.

[@daryllect6659]

I think any vehicle built before alternator charging systems would be the best bet.

[@kennithchapman9689]

@@boogitybear2283 I would have to agree with that.👍

[@luchat4917]

that’s why old tractors are the bests for anything and they are easier to repair

[@troy3052]

John deere has always been a shady company. My family refuses to buy deere since the 1970s, due to a 1 month old tractor that broke and deere refused to warranty it. Massey, and Case IH is what we use Edit: talked to my 90 year uncle of what was wrong with the tractor, it was a John deere 2040, the engine developed a knock, someone from deere came to the dealership, and denied warranty because they said there was evidence he pulled too much of a load, because the paint was scuffed on the hitch and he wasn't using a JD implement.

[@Yodalemos]

probably one of the best decisions of his life in retrospective.

[@tranger4579]

I was about to buy a JD lawn zero turn. Luckily a farmer told me “ it’s a money pit, you might as well dig a hole and throw money into it and set it on fire”.😂

[@ianhomerpura8937]

Since most people in our country worked in rice paddies, Japanese tractors like Kubota are preferred. Curious what brands are used in rice paddies in the US.

[@Shytot-1]

Please tell me how John Deere has been shady? Don't the buyers know what they are buying when they buy them?

[@AntonOfTheWoods]

This is what gets me about people complaining about right to repair. There genuinely ARE alternatives for all these brands but people simply don't buy them. iPhones are a great example too... People believe the advertising and then complain where they realise they didn't read the fine print - on something that costs $200k. Even worse, elections can be like that sometimes too...

[@noahflare6825]

CEO Salary of 26.8 Million. Oh Luigi...

[@links311]

No

[@jakobc.2558]

​@@links311 yes. Eat the rich.

[@JoshSmith-jq9tw]

More like yes, you oblivious squid.

[@qhu3878]

a ceo a day keeps the children safe

[@ChiicoLachowskii]

@@qhu3878it's hilarious how you guys are jealous of CEOS so u think its ok to BLANK them. But if a cop BLANKS a violent criminal u cry. 0 braincells.

[@hey_youtubeim_back2159]

I have a 2006 John Deere tractor. Every time I repair it I call the John Deere headquarters in Illinois and let them know I'm repairing my tractor myself I tell them just how many hours in labor it took me and how much I saved by buying the parts on the internet

[@Mkrabs]

Nice, they're not making money AND you're costing them for calling in xD You are my hero

[@porkchopexpress6969]

Do they ever reply to you?

[@P9rkour90]

Should of also given them an invoice 😅

[@lukazupie7220]

😂

[@SubvertTheState]

@@Gorio-h3u Their workers went on strike during covid. So the plant locked them out and sent the office workers to run the production line. The ambulance was on its way into the plant in the first 2 hours.

[@jorgeotolio]

Re the repairable phones: I bought a modular phone (a FairPhone). I broke the jack through mishandling (my bad). I ordered the broken part. They shipped it. I looked at the videos on how to change it. I did it myself. I felt great. Minimum cost, maximum joy, absolute satisfaction. As long as there are modular phones, there's no way I would buy a non-repairable brick.

[@cityofabscissae]

The breakdown of moral and ethical standards has brought us this.

[@cassyfromgarry]

Yea right on Brother.John Deere used to be the Bedrock of a Trusted Quality Product for Farmers.Not any more.

[@-elijahriggs-]

This is capitalism

[@lukazupie7220]

⁠@@-elijahriggs- and so was “old” john deere, and in socialism we waited 5 years to buy a car for double the price if we were lucky to be “upper class”😀

[@whiskeydrunk4205]

I bet it's a blackrock company 🤔

[@andew024]

Third world people wear off on everyone....

[@ItsDoms]

This is some of the best journalism I’ve seen in the past decade

[@ckkrons2338]

Except they missed the fact Deere puts the codes on the machine and sells the tech manuals to customers.

[@SamuelRochester-p2k]

We’re going to see more going forward now that daddy’s home.

[@kevinbesser7566]

@@ckkrons2338Thank-you! Finally someone who knows the truth!

[@kevinbesser7566]

2:32 it pops up on the display! Even tells you what to check!

[@ItsDoms]

@@ckkrons2338 what’s the point if you can’t fix them yourself? It’s like telling someone how to paint a wall but when they want to paint their walls, they’re required to call a professional painter

[@lostexplorersguild767]

Corporate greed. Plain and simple. This corporate greed should be illegal, namely, when there are no alternatives and the goods and services are essential.

[@toddstanley3619]

Are you aware that corporations cannot contract with people and vice-versa. How do corporations contract with people if it's a violation of law? We are not people. We are persons. What is the legal/lawful definition of a person? See the 4th Amendment for an example.

[@abod408]

where will that line drawn...before food and medicine I hope

[@davids.9834]

Its human nature and always has been. large corporations or large government......... there really is no true freedom in either system because of greed.

[@minecraftfirefighter]

Corporate greed pushed by big shareholders... like the three bastards....

[@markfukkerberg1372]

This will continue to go on until we all rise up. We all need to unite and force a change to happen.

[@SickofTired]

Idk who needs to hear this but they are purposely trying to destroy anything productive. It's not corporate greed, its much bigger

[@kb4121]

My dad is an old farmer since the 70’s he’s retired now but makes good money keeping old tractors running for neighbours.

[@chucknorris8995]

My Grandfather has an old Ferguson with a Perkins Diesel from 1965!!! And that thing works perfectly fine till this day! Keep the old stuff alive!

[@johnryman-f3c]

Massey Ferguson i

[@davidwhelan8550]

This! Yes!

[@cyberrednec]

When my grandpa (now passed) retired from dairy farming in 2017. He used his John Deere 3020 diesel daily for hauling and spreading manure. He sold it to my dad to keep it in the family. Starts every time! hours unknown due to the counter being busted.

[@camelblue713]

Rebuild that old one instead of buying a new one for 3-500k

[@cyberrednec]

@camelblue713 all we did to it so far is a new clutch and batteries + battery boxes and one hell of a deep clean lol

[@ChristopherAnderson-e5o]

i live in iowa and worked for john deere for two and a half years. i can tell you it was one of the worst companies i ever worked for, and that's really saying something!

[@MrDertien]

There are many others with the same playbook...

[@ChrisSauer-oe5ve]

A very close friend worked for JD & quit for this same reason & went back to being a independent mechanic & farm foreman 💯

[@10-4-q6i]

Was someone holding a gun to your head making you stay?

[@ChristopherAnderson-e5o]

@@10-4-q6i well i don't work there anymore so probably not, right? everyone besides you seems to have understood that

[@teressastuckey]

​@@10-4-q6i ssshhhhh.

[@dougdaniels7848]

I LOVE THIS CHANNEL AND HATE THESE VIDEOS!! God it's so infuriating watching working people being exploited like this. Thank you, MPU, I'll be donating.

[@Krack2805]

peak monopoly stuff. we barely started to get consumer protections for being able to repair our own this year. wonder how thats gonna go in the next 4 years lol

[@GolemRising]

Yup. Nothing quite like going to visit the family farm and seeing "Stay Poor Vote Dem" stickers while everyone is losing their homes because republicans let monopolies steal everything and scam everyone.

[@AnthonyRossJr1701]

We ain't seen nothing yet...

[@Robert_McGarry_Poems]

🤑🤢🤮🤒🤕😵 Something like that. I assume...

[@jjk2one]

@@AnthonyRossJr1701 Wireless body area network

[@kated3165]

Probably NOT great...

[@johnchildress6112]

govt should be dealing with things like this instead of what bathrooms we can use.

[@sachadee.6104]

govt is being paid to vote against laws that would benefit the public instead of the companies that are HEAVILY lobbying there. (a-hum .... paying them).

[@Bloodnickel1]

yall know “the govment” does multiple things at once

[@BaneofMills247]

We didn't win WW1. Once you understand that, you can see why everything has been downhill from there. Also look up who has been expelled from 100 countries. (Good rule of thumb, whatever has been "fact checked" or "proven by scientists" the opposite is true.

[@radudumitriu9444]

@@sachadee.6104 government doesn't vote .. you do

[@Anstieguber]

@@Bloodnickel1they do indeed suck at multiple things across the board simultaneously 😂

[@jamie96129]

So I’m a South African silage contactor, where do I begin with John Deere So over the last 10 years John Deere prices have more than quadrupled 4X yet my income for cutting silage has only gone up 60%. So in order to survive I had to think outside the box. Luckily for me I have the JD 7750I and 7980I cutters from John Deere and luckily they are not so full of sensors. I've learned to fix them myself, from the head, to the pro-drive transmission to the IVLOC transmission. Had I done what Deere wanted and upgraded to the 8600i Id have been bankrupt. Then with my tractors I sold all my deer’s as they were honestly steaming piles of shit constantly breaking for the same reasons, electrical faults, sensors etc. I bought second hand Valtra T171, T180, N143 Hitech tractors and have learned to also fix them myself. These are the last units that don't require EDT tools. My business is booming now because I buy my tractors and harvesters at 20% to sometimes 15% new price. Spend $10K and I've got teams that don't stand, and if they do I get them going almost immediately. Deere and all others manufacturers have become anti farmer, anti-consumer. If you want to survive stop buying new like me. Buy used and fix.

[@EShirako]

John Deere got venture capital firms (and/or investment bankers) into its C-Suite. That's why they're okay with running this into the ground. THEY won't be affected if the company goes down in flames; they'll sell off the name and the rights, the software, the hardware, and skip along to their next murder-victim-to-be with tons of money. Employees don't matter, 'long term bad practices' don't matter...they get their dime IMMEDIATELY and that's all they care about, not the dollar they'd get in five years if they weren't awful people and as cruel as is 'maximally-profitable'. We definitely need more "Right to Repair" stuff, HOPEFULLY something done from the Federal level. If nothing else, I want to KNOW, and control, whether my car is selling my kid's driving habits out to my insurance company and acting as if it is MY driving, I mean, an insurance company has already had problems from using driver data to 'dynamically adjust insurance rates'...only up, of course, never down. This was...oh, not just one of them, I only knew of Kia, but in a quick search it seems to be Hyundai AND Kia doing that. From an article on Carscoops.com, "Will owns a 2019 Hyundai Santa Fe with a Bluelink subscription. He says that a Verisk report reveals Hyundai shared his driving behavior between December 2023 and April 2024 and claims this triggered a $250 increase in his insurance premium." And this isn't even the first time a car company caught flak for selling our data, this is just the latest, and is also one that has confirming data (from Verisk Analytics) to prove it. Capitalism is great, but this unbridled and unregulated capitalism is setting us up for the next Gilded Age, but these giants of industry aren't even being philanthropic, they're just screwing anyone they can for even MORE profits, plus also MORE AND MORE money! If it's shady, a little illegal but doesn't have a strict law against it, if it might have made your grandmother slap you cross-eyed if you'd explained it all to her in full, well, it's not ILLEGAL, so that means it's legal, who cares! Corporations self-regulate as effectively as toddlers and preteens do. A few manage that, but most need authority imposed upon them from outside to make them behave.

[@QnA22]

Or, like in Europe, demand the right to repair.

[@MrRandomshiznitz]

Sad state of affairs, my family farm in Cambodia is only 10 acres and our John Deere was down for 7 months for a damn sensor, guess what we did??? We went back to using buffalos. The Deere is fixed now but is hardly used, my grandfather would rather deal with livestock to work out fields then to deal with John Deere 😂.

[@off_mah_lawn2074]

100% agree

[@LudwigVaanArthans]

​@@QnA22right now, the US is in no position to adopt right to repair laws since the people in charge now are very pro-corporate businesses And S.Africa cannot influence US politics. Just buy from companies/dealerships/etc that don't stuff their products with so much BS, and this in many cases means the products are already decades old.

[@breannathompson9094]

My dad has been a mechanic for farm machines for over 5 decades and had to quit just recently. Forget his retirement, because of the exact problem this man has talked about. You can no longer maintain your own machines or keep them running timely without insane funds for the special repairs.

[@jr.3308]

Big respect to all involved in the making of this video. Top tier journalism.

[@singing4hope]

Agreed

[@bigb63fsu]

“You will own nothing and be happy” is more real than ever

[@warrenarnoldmusic]

Be happy 😅

[@WinkLinkletter]

"Eet ze bugz!"

[@WilliamBrwn]

You have been warned!

[@nephicus339]

When you check the date on the calendar and see it's almost 1984 again. (that's a reference to the book, not the actual year in our universe)

[@WinkLinkletter]

@ 1984, the calendar year, was pretty awesome.

[@preuitb]

Louise Rossman mentioned. Bless the man taking an actual fight for the citizens right to repair all the way up to the federal level.

[@lukamagicc]

Damn didn’t expect that name here. What a legend

[@SomeBuddy32_]

Technology mixed with greed has turned this world into a dystopian nightmare

[@unsafe_at_any_speed]

I've known about John Deere terrible business practices for a while now. I've stopped 5 farmers from buying their equipment based on my limited exposure to that brand. I've also sent them this video as proof that they made the right decision

[@chargermopar]

People wonder why I waste my time fixing my old junk.

[@nyhis5533]

Definitely your old junk is a gold compare to the new junk. Now we only buy things for temporarily not for usage. They want to control us as much as they can.

[@mobius-1503]

Way better than the new chinese or mexican imported crap thats coming. Sold at a ridiculous price too.

[@JessicaSee-oz9fc]

i dont

[@grmpEqweer]

Note: don't buy anything major that was made during the pandemic. A lot of that stuff has major recalls.

[@LukeJaywalker-c8t]

I run a truck that's more than 50 years old. It's slow but strong and my mechanic says the new ones cost about 20 times more to keep them in operation. When he told me that I said "but the new ones are a lot faster than mine". He said "they need to go fast to keep up with all those payments".

[@naveedirshad1470]

This is why I am against everything being replaced by digital crap. They can freeze us in our tracks with a click of a button.

[@InternetKilledTV21]

It's really just a proprietary technology issue. Sure there are some connected features that should be opt-in only but the big one is not being able to diagnose what is happening with your own _very expensive_ machinery. If the pretty maps from field data collection stop appearing on the dashboard oh well. If a computer is hosed and the error code is some random gibberish with no way to translate to humanese that is the issue.

[@Shikaz00]

Problem isn't that it's digital, it's that the corporations don't provide the tools to fix it yourself. I prefer computers, but if it's locked and I can't access it myself, that's a problem. It's mainly a right to repair issue. You should be able to buy the necessary tools, or rent them to fix it yourself.

[@mauriceadamson224]

It’s the same with cars,made so DIY Carn t fix it.held to ransom.

[@vf1923]

Yeah, have fun in self-driving cars where you can just be stopped by someone outside your car!

[@bingusbongus1656]

@@Shikaz00 Get into reverse-engineering for software. It's universal on a lot of standards like AGL (Automotive Grade Linux).

[@NellyAhmed-r1j]

The reason is excessive unregulated corporate greed

[@brettnicholas3190]

Part of the joy of owning a machine is the freedom to maintain and repair that machine.

[@seth7712]

Yep, I appreciate having car bros for advice and repair. It shares basic knowledge of maintentance

[@Tadaia]

The other joy in owning a machine is when you actually OWN the machine.

[@WALTCHARAMBA]

Another example of billionaires and CEO's paying politicians to have the right to screw us..

[@JupiterCyclops-l5x]

It's getting old. They will continue doing it until we force them to stop.

[@tonjamarshall4842]

This is what people voted for.

[@Alp560]

What a looney comment, the fact that this farmer may not have exercised his vote. This happened long before the elections as well. Smfh 😢😢😢@tonjamarshall4842

[@toddmichael4271]

@@tonjamarshall4842no it’s not.

[@eriklondon2946]

@@toddmichael4271 Well technically he is not wrong. As while a certain group continues to protect these major companies using and abusing the government against the people. It is crazy how few bad apples can destroy so much. They are +90% of our federal government.

[@SC9750-r3w]

What an enlightening and world class example of good journalism. Very factually informative and educational.

[@Jack-vt6cw]

Rare

[@aaron368]

Not quite factual but good video if half it wasn’t a lie

[@warlach6153]

Out of curiosity, what was the lie? ​@@aaron368

[@Nickayz2]

This really needs more attention. Great journalism!

[@Fatman311]

Sounds like a good reason for an ethical hacker to break into John Deere and take a copy of their software for distribution. It's not stealing if they won't let farmers buy it.

[@Neberheim]

That last sentence doesn’t make sense. If you won’t let me buy your car, it’s definitely stealing if I take it. Can you expand on your logic?

[@Beyonder8335]

They do sell it. You can go buy it off their site right now, or use a 3rd party software like Jaltest.

[@Demopans5990]

​​​@@Neberheim It's software. Data being so cheap that it's free is the ethos of software development. Linux has almost total market dominance in the enterprise space. Every single major company has a IT backbone built on Linux. Linux is also free to use. Software development tools are the same as well. Everyone uses either gcc, cargo, npm, or pip. All of these are free 3D modeling? The free software, Blender is the industry standard. Want to add software to your car? You're probably going to use Linux, since that's what software developers know to develop for. Tell them that there isn't a barebones Linux kernel that compiles for that chip? You lost 90% of developers.

[@dottyjyoung]

​@@Beyonder8335 I'm looking at the Jaltest website, & would love to know about your experience with it.

[@Beyonder8335]

@@dottyjyoungI haven’t used it myself as most of the equipment on our farm is Deere so the universal software isn’t really worth it. I know some neighbors that use it since they have more variety though.

[@SalemTechsperts]

This is top tier journalism, and what a handsome guy at 1:41 . Thank you for making videos like these to spread awareness of right to repair to a larger audience!

[@vdpt9911]

Genuine question for the greatest technician that's ever lived: you mentioned in one of your long-form videos that you spent years pushing for right to repair bills and laws but eventually gave up due to the excessive lobbying and slow death of the repair industry. What is your hope for the end goal of these videos spreading awareness of right to repair for a lay audience vs. someone like you who was far more experienced, knowledgeable and convincing yet still had to throw in the towel? Thanks

[@SalemTechsperts]

@@vdpt9911 Ultimately the end goal would be for viewers to care enough about right to repair to actually reach out to their FEDERAL representative and demand a FEDERAL right to repair law. My pessimism comes from the fact that no matter how much we do as constituents, the lobbyists of the richest corporations on the planet (Big Tech) are the ones that have the final say, and repairing things will always be in direct conflict with a companies goal (sell more new things). There's a bigger problem here that involves the refusal to regulate a system that is harming 99% of people, and right to repair is only 1 of the many symptoms.

[@freedomdude5420]

Rotten tomatoes and apples anyone, brought you by John Deere.

[@Walletfinder10.0]

Guy at 1:41 has hands like raccoon 🦝

[@programquestion]

Nice to see the tiny racoon hand technician here. LOVE UR VIDEOS.

[@K8D4]

Deere's CEO is John May, appointed in Nov 2019, has a tenure of 5.17 years. total yearly compensation is $26.72M, comprised of 6% salary and 94% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.044% of the company's shares, worth $49.19M

[@NoInfoNecessary]

These people need to start fearing for their lives. It's the only thing that will work and produce change.

[@Hefe-oj4ec]

Wheres Luigi

[@CabroArtico]

Do it yourself, coward ​@@Hefe-oj4ec

[@jeremiahstith471]

@@Hefe-oj4econ his way

[@seriesexplained8009]

I hope he is visiting new york in the near future

[@mrstogie912]

I hope your videos bring REAL change!

[@RajSharma-cp3yo]

Need more journalism like this. Well done. I work for car manufacturer and I 100% agree with this. It’s plain simple corporate greed and lobbying. I think lobbying should be made illegal

[@UNCHART3DGAMING]

CLASS ACTION - Tractors, Cars, phones etc…the only language they understand Excellent reporting-Thank You

[@ValeriaRhodes]

How do you start or where to begin?

[@veritasaequitas9838]

Class action=lawyers making millions of dollars and consumers get $11.00 each. What corporations "understand" is when one of their own was gunned down in the streets for his greed, that the masses were fed up with living hand to mouth while they make $200,000-$2,000,000 or MORE a week!! Where's the next Luigi? Might be the person standing next to a CEO right now.

[@deantandeski6776]

Freedom is the ability to understand your business so well you are able to wear many hats and fix most problems yourself, including equipment. I grew up close to many farming communities. These people are some of the most committed, hard working people in this world providing protein for human sustainability. Any company that treats these good people/customers like this, will not survive. Keep it simple stupid and you give us back freedom. It almost feels like John Deere wants to own the farming industry. If John Deere begins buying farms from farmers that experience financial hardship that can be traced back to reliability and service turnaround, will be data we will measure. If I was a farmer experiencing these problems, I would record all communications. Good luck. Where is Better Business Bureau?

[@citylockapolytechnikeyllcc7936]

The beauty of it is that you clicked I AGREE to make the equipment usable, thus you waived your rights to use the courts for redress.... you now get to use binding arbitration.

[@KudaXD]

its crazy that companies can twist how buying their products work so you don't technically own it, but as soon as you try to get around that, you are now committing a crime. We really need laws that prevent this stuff

[@youlaughyouphill842]

Or you can just stop buying john deere, which everyone knows has always had a reputation for awfull practices

[@markfreeman4727]

@@youlaughyouphill842 These corporations like to make it to where you physically can;t buy anything else, or they make it prohibitively expensive to buy anything but there brand

[@HollyDeroo]

This is the new era, the 2000's has been all about manufacturing all products that fall apart, break down, function improperly, and cost a fortune to have someone fix it. Dollar store quality materials, with dollar store quality workmanship with a professional, quality price tag . Life in the 2000's is all about how we can inconvenience and cost the consumer the Most!

[@stuffedgrubs]

This is more diabolical than BMW and their "subscription" heated seats.....

[@bigduke12180ify]

You can't be serious. Capitalism can be a beautiful thing. It can also be a disgusting thing.

[@puzzymonsta69]

@@bigduke12180ifyyes chronie capitalism is evil

[@volvo245]

Capitalism has never been beautiful to anyone else but capitalists. Some people have drank their american dream kool-aid but will never become capitalists themselves.

[@8675309342]

They canned that seat heating subscription for the US market because of the public outcry. Informing consumers and generating buy-in needs to happen regularly.

[@Coastiestevie]

@@bigduke12180ifyit’s the “abuse” of capitalism

[@seanpowell6956]

This is such a great piece of journalism. Well done.

[@THW69]

I'm not a fan of Apple or John Deere, but let's set the record straight-this "4:20" claim is pure misinformation. The latest Apple phones include Electrically-Released Adhesive, which can be easily detached using a low-voltage current.

[@Beyonder8335]

It’s really not. The claim that Deere doesn’t make diagnostic soft are available is just false. They have it right there on their website. You can also use universal 3rd party options.

[@THW69]

​@@Beyonder8335 I only meant to address the issue of glued-in batteries, but I fully agree with everything else.

[@Beyonder8335]

@@THW69 I was addressing the original commenter. Either way, I personally work in ag and know for a fact the claims I mentioned are false. You can look into JD service advisor or Jaltest if you want to verify.

[@commonsense3921]

@Beyonder8335 Something don’t feel right about you……You work for John Deere.

[@jasonworden8209]

I'm a mechanic. I actually ran into this on a jeep a few months ago. Was roughly a 2019. I have an expensive Autel scanner, but even with this, I was denied access to fully scan the computer. Said I needed to take it to an authorized Jeep dealer.

[@JuanGonzalez-ei8br]

You’d think that if you go after farmers in this country you’d be public enemy number one. Our national tradition of voting against our own interests is alive and strong.

[@sand4sale697]

I don't know what you mean by "Our" ? Smart people don't vote against their best interests.

[@washyourhands]

​@sand4sale697 Brilliant. You somehow both demonstrated difficulties in reading comprehension from Juan's very straightforward comment and explained your own situation. "Our" interests are consumer interests. They always have been and always will be. Corporations are the enemy and the orange man loves them almost as much as he loves himself. Vote better, king.

[@seth1704]

​@@washyourhandswhy hasn't Brandon fixed it yet?

[@bradleywhite6815]

@@seth1704 didnt you just see the video that showed that "Brandon" has been breaking up these monopolies across the board.

[@themrc66]

@@washyourhands 😭😭😭😭😭

[@DistrustHumanz]

So, I still have to pay taxes on property that I don't own?

[@andromedaspark2241]

In every facet of life, the expenses are ours and the benefit of ownership is the oligarchs. We get to use it, sometimes.

[@autohmae]

Worse, you are paying taxes so farmers get subsidies and they pay that to John Deere and others.

[@DarrellCook-u5m]

Never pay taxes on something you don't own. Otherwise you'll wind up paying taxes on a toaster someone else bought in Myanmar.

[@auneseaunese3052]

Nobody owns anything in America not even ur house you spent 20-30 years paying off ur mortgage cause you still gotta pay property tax ,electric, water if not the bank takes your house!!! That’s some bs!!!

[@yogidemis8513]

Just because you have a deed, title saying you own land/house, you really never own it. Still gotta pay taxes each year on something you are supposed to own.

[@haroldoftherock8973]

The irony of Macintosh being a leader in this scam is that Steve Wozniak created the Macintosh 2 to be completely open architecture so you could personalized the computer at will.

[@warrenarnoldmusic]

You all know it but you fear to say it, the mfin steve f jobs😅 marketing genius 🙄🤣

[@82dupont]

@@haroldoftherock8973 …He offered that to take customers away from Microsoft who had a stranglehold on the market with their Windows OS, then they finally got big enough and started doing exactly what they fought against…😂😂😂

[@vcupiano]

This makes me incredibly angry. We’ve let monopolistic companies to run roughshod over this once great country for FAR TOO LONG.

[@manojprabhakar3447]

Tech bros are literally destroying every single sector.

[@youngjohn5076]

It isnt the tech. It is the greedy ceo .

[@CallumMoscript99]

billionaires and private equity

[@qcdsticks]

​@@youngjohn5076 it's both. The reason they can get away with it is by using the tech sector rules on repairability. Under tech laws you just lease the ability to use it. Under the auto manufacturer rules we have the right to repair it. Since they've become so intertwined they can sell you the basic mechanical parts but have no requirements to sell/rent you the parts/tools needed to reprogram the computer to make that new part actually work.

[@Rico-77]

Amen

[@o_o8203]

Move fast and break things!

[@slickmet]

This is so true, a wake up call to all Americans about how companies are essentially buying more power. Unregulated, it will damage the country. Thank you for this video.

[@ckkrons2338]

True? Deere sells tech manuals to customers, they missed that fact.

[@slickmet]

@ckkrons2338 And yet they are making profits through the roof. Yeah, you're right, tech manuals save the day. 🙄

[@ckkrons2338]

@ the crux of the message was they restrict repair, which isn’t true if you ask most farmers

[@slickmet]

@@ckkrons2338 So why do some farmers use older equipment? If they could repair the new equipment as easily, why are they complaining?

[@ckkrons2338]

@@slickmet same reason I drive older cars, less emissions and tech so is easier to fix yourself.

[@frederickranger2340]

I worked for a John deere dealer and this is all true and when i started there i ask questions about the right to repair, half the people there had no clue what i was talking about and the other half said " yeah but we make more money". Am the last generation of my familly farm that we had to closed because running cost was just too high and the Canadien Gorverment din't do anything about it. Still to this day i wish we still had the farm.

[@american236]

Sad.

[@86LukeM]

Seeing Louis Rossman and Andy from Salemtechsperts pop up on the montage. Must make either man feel good their message for right to repair.

[@falldarkraven3]

I was coming to say this.

[@King-Kyle]

I remember following Louis years ago and he was fighting for right to repair. I didn't think things would get worse. It makes a person wonder why they pay taxes because this is such a simple thing that government can fix.

[@86LukeM]

@ simple. There's companies that'll shell out millions to squash any progress. Both by advertising against it or pay to elect people who will oppose it. A prime example is Donald Trump. The current administration was repealing neoliberal policies, which reduces regulation and allows company's to do whatever. Trump was funded by funded by people who want to expand stuff like no right to repair. It's honestly bullshit how fucked our politics are. Recently found out the person I thought would be better than Trump and Biden, is potentially compromised by Russia. We have the right to be heard and vote. Sadly some rich assholes try to drown it out.

[@autohmae]

@@King-Kyle it's also a simple thing for large companies to take a really, really small part of their revenue to pay politicians to not fix it.

[@zanebartlett8004]

@@King-Kyle People pay taxes and assume it's enough (along with plenty of other systematic issues, but I want to focus on what we have direct power on) so we get constant swing cycles making it impossible to get good, nuanced, work done. Lina Khan has shown she actually cares and can get things done. Well, she's going to be gone now..... Truthfully I haven't been paying attention to the FTC before Khan because I feel like it has been doing much. It looks like the previous chair was a Republican, Joseph Simons. After a quick search I see "Joseph Simons, who served as Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from May 2018 to January 2021, faced scrutiny over potential conflicts of interest due to his prior work in the private sector. Before his tenure at the FTC, Simons co-chaired the Antitrust Group at the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, where he represented major corporations, including Microsoft, Sony, Sharp, and Mastercard". Which might give insight to why before now nothing has really been happening, and why once Lina is out, nothing might start happening again..... Make sure when you start hearing about victories after Jan you look into who actually made those changes, not just who's in office when they publish it.

[@martinnjoroge9789]

"You will own nothing and you will be happy" Sounds familiar

[@Stormer-Europa]

Weimar problems require Weimar solutions

[@austinhernandez2716]

That's the ultimate goal of capitalism.

[@phdonme1]

Infinite growth with finite resources

[@jeffmeyers3837]

@@austinhernandez2716 Nope. That's the ultimate goal of COMMUNISM.

[@crazycdn8327]

@@austinhernandez2716not all of it. Just the big boys. When I ran my company I took enough profit to pay my employee above average wage to keep him, as training was painful (I hated it). And paid myself about as well and covered overhead. I took pride in my work and always went back for any issues. I charged if it wasn’t my fault but always explained it clearly. I was purely word of mouth, so happy customers led to others. Best way to run a business honestly. I liked sleeping well at night knowing I didn’t knowingly screw someone over.

[@GodNTheory]

As a software engineer, this is why I support and condone jailbreaking software. My company turns your devices into bricks if you stop paying for licensing while at the same time touting that we are green. The moment I lose functionality on my X is the moment I will become hyper fixated and focused on jailbreaking that software and giving it out for free.

[@UziMusic]

This.. more people need to know how to utilise disassemblers etc..

[@Itstwistedroots]

Lina Khan will be missed. 😢

[@jacobschott5208]

Seriously mourned this fact after the election

[@kgal1298]

The only one helping us....

[@maindimon]

She is a national treasure.

[@kapilchhabria1727]

She would have helped these asshats. But nah they voted for an orange conman and even against tester, who is a farmer just like these clowns.

[@rafaelgarcia312]

Very good video

[@boortje]

The European Union passed the Right to Repair Directive for consumer goods this year…that’s a start. Hopefully they’ll extend this to other things too and other jurisdictions introduce similar legislation

[@JustMePamela]

Europe is so far ahead of us in protecting consumers.

[@PedroGomes-wv5pr]

​@@JustMePamelaThey pass these laws that protect consumers only in their territory but their companies continue with these practices in America and all over the world.

[@MarcoBonechi]

The free market solution is to buy from someone else ... But if they put tariffs that won't work as well.

[@ValtteriV]

@@MarcoBonechi the free market solution is an illusion since there is no alternative than the dystopian software locked world we live in, it makes the most profit and nobody has an incentive to make it less so and if someone will they will be out of business before it becomes popular enough, or will do some other type of rugpull free markets just don't work or act too slowly to solve these systematic issues that are beneficial to companies but harmful to consumers nobody would've sold unleaded gasoline if it wasn't made mandatory by regulation, and nobody will sell a piece of very expensive equipment without modern drm bullshit until forced to do so

[@czerskip]

​@@PedroGomes-wv5prYou're making no sense. Obviously, the laws apply within the territory by whose governing bodies they were established. And companies have to obey the laws of the market they operate on, so yes, European companies will do anything they're allowed to do in the US. Are you suggesting that EU should start doing the US government's job and protect American consumers too, while the US government and corporations do anything they can to fuck over literally everyone on the planet? Delusional.

[@Browndogdiesel]

Very well presented video. I’m a tractor mechanic and I deal with this shit on the daily. I hate that companies are restricting people’s right and ability to repair their equipment.

[@dr.zisreligious]

Why not you people Boycott these shitty companies & give them lessons

[@Browndogdiesel]

@ because there’s not many/any companies that aren’t going this route. Yes John Deere is bad for it, but they aren’t the only ones doing this. You’d struggle to find any agricultural, civil, mining, transport or automotive machinery manufacturer that aren’t doing stuff like this.

[@vf1923]

@@Browndogdiesel Yeah, the only way to stop this is to have legislation that prevents it and enforcement to oversee the legislation. Farmers can't just boycott their own tractors.

[@jimmysblacksmithing462]

As a mechanic, most of my life, recognized Quality and non-Quality throughout all these years. And if I were one of these farmers, I would get rid of that crap and go to the simpler machinery even if they had to downsize a little bit they would still probably make more money less frustration and stressand have a much more fulfilling life. That’s just my take on it. I understand what a scam. All these other businesses are it is not for the people in general. It is all about the money for the small few.😢

[@NicklePickle426]

This is BEYOND disgusting! John Deere is literally the name in farming! As someone who grew up in a state that WAS 87% farmland, this is just beyond disturbing to me! I now see why farmers are selling their land to become strip malls! John deere is just shooting themselves in the foot with their monopoly. Farmers are already struggling, why would they want to make things harder on them? They should be bending over backwards to help the people who keep them in business!

[@p5eudo883]

Our politicians should be bending over backwards to protect something as important as our food production. Instead they bend over backwards to fight against things like right-to-repair. Then we twice elect a moron who thought it was a good idea to impose tariffs on China as a means of bringing them to heel, only to make consumer goods far more expensive here, and hurt farmers who exported to China since China responded with a 25% tariff on goods from us. If ever there was a testament to the effectiveness of propaganda, it's people in rural areas voting for republicans. Republicans have consistently put profit for the rich above all else. They defend corrupt business practices like what John Deere is doing. They hurt farmers. They hurt small businesses. They're great for the rich who are constantly siphoning money away from the public in ways that range from financial advantage to actual fraud and theft. And yet struggling farmers and small-businesses buy into the propaganda and support the very politicians who truly hurt them: republicans.

[@debmacknife]

I work for a JD dealership and hate this. We have a pre-computer JD tractor we bought.

[@C00LI0DUDE]

one correction: john deere is not shooting itself in the foot AT ALL, they are simply shooting their paying customers in the dominant hand.

[@michaeledwards2251]

@@C00LI0DUDE They are using the CEO enrichment model. By the time the word get out, the CEO will have left with a massive golden parachute, and a series of record bonuses for the massive quarterly profits achieved.

[@michaeledwards2251]

The CEO enrichment model ensures company and customer interests are subservient. If it makes the CEO richer for a year, they'll go for it, and move on.

[@JoeyBagOfDonuts-r1y]

When John Deere needs money they remotely shut down tractors.

[@commonsense3921]

BINGO

[@Hup-cx5hp]

​@@commonsense3921buy old school know corporate AI plow farmers bank accounts

[@Xazamas]

Remote shut down has been used to disable tractors pillaged from Ukraine. Of course that's kind of like saying "Torment Nexus is fine, they put a really bad person in it once." Point is that theoretically it could be a positive thing to have that ability for very specific cases, but in practice it's probably just Cyberpunk dystopia fuel.

[@tomikun8057]

wants*

[@userr5273웃]

The CEO makes $26 M a year thays means $13000 per hour !!! imagine if he get paid $1 million enough for him ,he wont go hungry at all ... the rest invested in our farmers who works hard to produce food for John Deer CEO, its employees and the entire iowa population.

[@98Zai]

A couple of years ago when I was arguing the right to repair laws with people, the main argument was "I like my phone to be as slim as possible, and right to repair influences design decisions!". It also influences your food prices, local economy and your chance to receive care at the hospital. Wish I had known this. Thanks for the great video!!

[@drworm5007]

I would really hope people are smart enough to see through the "design necessitates it", argument because phones were already slim long before they had back covers and batteries that were glued down.

[@michaeledwards2251]

Who wants an extra slim phone, its simply easier to break.

[@amybabbitt4198]

Just like all of our vehicles...cant fix em anymore yourself. My heart goes out to all farmers.

[@michaeljimerson9021]

Bottom line, everything's corrupt, and since we cant stick together on anything its easy for corporations and government to screw up over.

[@banalpedant41]

Bingo. "the people" are hopeless so long as they remain divided. US citizens really like to screw themselves as far as I can tell.

[@ianriggs]

Exactly. It's to their benefit to keep us fighting with eachother over stupid shit so they can continue to do things massively beneficial to them in the shadows. I truly believe that is the entire goal of the ridiculous political environment we're finding ourselves in. Nothing but distraction and they might even all be in it together

[@victor256in]

True!!

[@QMiller]

THAT was seriously badass REPORTING! Good job guys & gals!

[@goodboyeric]

This is truly the most impactful and meaningful content I’ve come across in the year 2024. Thank you for making this kind of video.

[@Hockss]

The Greed of these corporate, are downright Evil.....

[@seeingimages]

This is anti-customer, anti-competition, and anti-private property.

[@chromesucks5299]

Bruh this is capitalism. Nothing more

[@seanknight2631]

@@chromesucks5299 just figured that out? Lol

[@YouTubeSucks666]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIemgJytZqqertU

[@RichardKuivila1947]

BUT it AIN'T ILLEGAL.

[@Daveyjdigital]

Farmers on what land 40 acres and a mule oh Land pass down from slavery wealth? They deserve to go in debt

[@drei-zwei-eins]

We had this in Germany around 2002. It was a big problem in the car industry. Politics made regulations. After it was ok. Now 20 years later we need regulations again because of new technologies.

[@lucas839]

Isn't bmw a German company why does require still dealership to complete the oil change then?

[@halljobratan]

​@@lucas839what specific car does need this?

[@separi8060]

​@@lucas839many cars have different software in EU and US.I live in EU and my gf has a bmw which has oil change button in car settings that is just absent in the US.

[@GingerNinja1]

I've never been a farmer, but surrounded by many. Thank y'all for what you do & for coming forward to alert the consumers of these mass monopolies. My husb has always been a car guy, he taught our sons how to make their own repairs, he refuses now to drive what he can't repair & I fully support that. I refuse to purchase the newer washers & dryers when my regular one's have lasted over 20 yrs & are easily repairable but now the primary repair shops where we're forced to by online has made those parts "after market," prices taking a $75 part to $275.00 This is why they banned monopolies on certain businesses, but they'll fnd a way to "legally," rob us, it's a constant cat & mouse if you play their game. ⚠️Some have no choice, buyer beware!!!!

[@michaeledwards2251]

Parts are typically only manufactured for 10 years. After 10 years you are competing for the rapidly reducing pool. It becomes a question of working out what the parts are, and finding an equivalent part/parts.

[@JRock8787-c9v]

This is criminal.

[@plexi-k3d]

This comes to me as HUGE surprise! We were told John Deer was the worlds best tractors. I'am devastated to the bone! Thanks for sharing!

[@badgermcbadger1968]

Best for making money... To the company

[@JoeRogansForehead]

Your not a farmer that’s for sure lol

[@kendexter]

been like this a decade+

[@ezekb3]

That's why in Argentina you don't see many green tractors.

[@erwins_arm]

"We were told" Never heard of advertising lol

[@KimIrby]

Grandpa has an ancient Minneapolis Moline combine that he repaired every year right before harvest. He’d be sad to see this. Thx for keeping us informed.

[@davidcox3076]

Grandad grew up on the farm. And became an IH equipment mechanic. He even went on to teach his skills through University Extension. He would be devastated to see the industry now.

[@arkheimra]

We can't put up with this sh*t anymore

[@ClubhouseGardens]

My sentiments exactly.

[@michaelmcnulty7520]

Just wait for the weirdos to start implementing project 2025. USA is about to fall. Thanks red states.

[@autohmae]

Surprisingly, I think many farmers might have voted for trunp, against their own and your interests. The new administration will listen even more to large corporations and including Musk who likes to be in charge of who touches the Tesla car.

[@CallumMoscript99]

then stop voting against your interests. why are you voting in billionaires who help billionaires get richer?

[@ClubhouseGardens]

@@CallumMoscript99 because there is a bigger problem with corporations "hiring" the government through lobbying to do their bidding regardless of what the people want or what is moral, ethical, or healthy. Do I think they have an angle being in charge? Probably, but I'd choose business people running our government over special interests and puppets who were not elected to their positions putting regulations on us that we do not have any say when they were not elected in the first place. The key point is that the billionaires made their money outside of the government and not from holding office in the government. I have a real problem with politicians who enrich themselves off their position in government. Regardless if they are Democrats or Republicans.

[@knasen881]

If buying isn't owning then pirating ain't stealing

[@412hwc]

i bet john deere ceo is next on the list🤔

[@DutchDouchebag]

I can only hope so. This greed needs to end once and for all.. like really, 300% profit isnt enough, you HAVE to charge people an arm and a leg? And now they expect us to have mercy and understanding while they NEVER offered us any.

[@pat0343]

I remember my uncle telling me this 25 years ago. I asked him why everybody here in northern Illinois drives John Deere’s? He told me back then because they put dealerships everywhere and if you needed them fixed, they were right there. The closest new holland is 100 miles south of us, and the case dealer that was also on town closed his door. He never cared for deeres but he was stuck.

[@AerynSB]

This is way deeper than a simple monopoly on tractors, Nostradamas. Doesn't take a genius to guess late stage capitalism.

[@Lesvix1]

Best video I have ever watched on youtube. This should be on national news and social media asap. Thank you for the good job.

[@gw5479]

Disgusting world of greed. I hate it here. I genuinely, hate it here.

[@Flamincow67]

I like how so many companies go from affordable machines for working people, to luxury equipment made to squeeze the most money out of people

[@grmpEqweer]

Once you can't get substantially more customers in the door every quarter, you have to milk the customers you have harder. ... That's why many things keep increasing in cost, and often decreasing in quality or benefits. ... I'm thinking of health insurance here, that's one major example.

[@dreammaker9642]

That you squeeze every penny out of some rich trust fund kids or some CEO looking to show off is one thing. They rich and stupid so pop off good on you but ripping off poor farmers who are trying to get buy and get their work done on time to feed their household that’s disgusting… Piracy my friends, never let it die… they don’t like it because game recognises game

[@dickiewongtk]

@@grmpEqweerseems like the root cost is unlimited growth at all cost

[@richardhltrp1791]

it's all what is in the demand of farmers is and they produce ... you can always buy a older model and keep that running .

[@richardhltrp1791]

@@grmpEqweer tec and inflation make things more expensive .... and nobody is forcing them or you to buy this brand !

[@regenerativerancher4688]

So many of these companies truly despise their customers

[@grmpEqweer]

Probably. But it's ultimately about line-goes-up on those quarterly profits.

[@nyag1764]

Awesome reporting! I'm from Texas, am country at heart, and hope to farm one day. So when I saw Walmart selling John Deere sweaters I got all giddy! But I had a check in my heart for some reason not to purchase the product so I didn't. Days later, I see this.

[@michaeledwards2251]

They should have been free : they were adverts