Balance
There is a balance to be had.
From my reading of the issue, the JD equipment actively prevents ANY form of repair. You open the hood and you need JD to tell the computer to let the equipment work again.
Perhaps there are some repairs that require a qualified technician to complete - that's a fair statement for a lot of equipment these days. But there are many competent people capable (even experienced) in making some repairs, and its simple extortion to prevent every repair. Or, as is happening, farmers are simply going to jail break their tractors with dodgy Ukrainian firmware
Biting the hand that feeds IT
