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Re:Alabama farmer sues John Deere for ‘right to repair’ by pessimizer on Sunday January 23, 2022 @06:43PM (#30051888)
The monopolist can just buy the competition that you jumped ship to. Now your choice is between A) the services that are too terrible to be bought out, or B) services that are not taking the buyout because they are irrational. Incompetence or insanity.
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Re:Alabama farmer sues John Deere for ‘right to repair’ by vorpalhex on Monday January 24, 2022 @12:20AM (#30053987)
There is always C - services that won't be bought out because Buyer is incompatible with values.
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Re:Alabama farmer sues John Deere for ‘right to repair’ by Dylan16807 on Monday January 24, 2022 @12:34AM (#30054058)
I'm pretty sure B was written to include those.
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