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Re:Nebraska farmers vote overwhelmingly for Right to Repair by phillc73 on Monday December 16, 2019 @02:47PM (#21806443)
It's been many years since I was actively involved in agriculture, but I don't recall John Deere being a monopoly. There were choices including Ford, Case, Masse Ferguson, Kubota, New Holland and then regionally brands like MTZ and Steyr.

That's not to say they're not all participating in the same practices, I just don't know, but is Deere really a monopoly?

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Re:Nebraska farmers vote overwhelmingly for Right to Repair by macintux on Monday December 16, 2019 @02:59PM (#21806574)
Per this page, Deere has over 30% of the market; I don't know that would be considered a monopoly, but assuming the rest of the market is heavily fragmented, it's certainly a dominant position.

https://csimarket.com/stocks/compet_glance.php?code=DE

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Re:Nebraska farmers vote overwhelmingly for Right to Repair by ameister14 on Monday December 16, 2019 @03:56PM (#21807098)
I think Deere has about 25-35% of the market, with New Holland and Kubota in there afterwards
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Re:Nebraska farmers vote overwhelmingly for Right to Repair by Eric_WVGG on Monday December 16, 2019 @02:59PM (#21806578)
True. My usual very-unscientific method is a search for "john deere vs" which turned up some alternatives but they seemed to be obscure to the point of giving Deere an effective monopoly, but yeah I don't really know.
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Re:Nebraska farmers vote overwhelmingly for Right to Repair by wavefunction on Monday December 16, 2019 @03:02PM (#21806597)
Driving through rural Texas I've even seen a Tata dealership.
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