Jargoggles on Nostr: The biggest stranglehold John Deere has on farmers is the fact that it's a black box ...

The biggest stranglehold John Deere has on farmers is the fact that it's a black box that they're not even allowed to service or modify themselves. That's where they make their money.

If an overseas company shipped third-party software that farmers could load on their John Deere equipment, that would be a *devastating* blow to the company. Hell, if they gave it away for free, they could make John Deere implode basically overnight.