Re: Farmers in the US are Buying 40-Year-Old Tractors Because They're Actually Repairable Quote:
Originally Posted by samaspire |
This is actually VICE hashing old wine in new bottle with minor changes ; the situation has been at the warfront since 2016 onwards (refer to the VICE's 2017 article). Unfortunately not everything has improved as the article you shared clearly talks about farmers opting out for decade older models.
The main battle is being fought by The Repair Association, a coalition of different industry based players coming together to fight against the corporations like Apple, John Deere and most automobile giants that lobby across the states and federal institutions to prevent the right of consumers to repair the products they purchase.
Smaller firms like iFixit and many more had been fighting the battle since a decade ago primarily in the digital/mobile & similar consumer electronics but now under the umbrella of TRA; they have expanded the coverage to Automobiles, Medical Devices, Agriculture & Farming and many more!
Thankfully the world is taking notice; even if the US lobbing model delays the appropriate repair laws to be passed. Edit: A dated but still relevant/interesting article from The Atlantic on similar right-to-repair constraints on the automobile front.
Last edited by ninjatalli : 19th March 2020 at 10:45.
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