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Re:U.S. Farmers Are Being Bled by the Tractor Monopoly by wccrawford on Monday May 13, 2019 @01:06PM (#19901308)
When most non-farmers think of tractors, they think of something like a dumbed-down car with a lot of power. It's an engine that drags a tool through a field.

The idea that something like that could be locked behind components that can't be fixed or replaced cheaply is astounding to them.

I feel like it's the same as asking Henry Ford what he thinks about all the electronics in today's cars. It'd blow his mind.

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Re:U.S. Farmers Are Being Bled by the Tractor Monopoly by zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC on Monday May 13, 2019 @04:42PM (#19903731)
Well, yeah, sure, but I guess I was assuming people who knew what DRM is, not necessarily the general public--if you didn't even know what DRM is, it's not that surprising you probably wouldn't have an idea of how it would be used.
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