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Re:Alabama farmer sues John Deere for ‘right to repair’ by toolz on Sunday January 23, 2022 @08:46PM (#30052722)
These claims, while they might have some or even a lot of merit are demonstrably false (as they are made seemingly without exception or nuance). There is a very healthy and active black market, for example among plenty of other examples.

It seems rather disingenuous to make such fantastically bold claims as statements of understood fact. I can't imagine what sort of dialog you were hoping to encourage.

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Re:Alabama farmer sues John Deere for ‘right to repair’ by badRNG on Sunday January 23, 2022 @08:50PM (#30052741)
Black markets can be thought of as truly free markets that are free from antitrust action. These markets, if permitted to exist for an extended period of time, are dominated by cartels. "The Little Guy" doesn't get to be disruptive in black markets, because they are fully captured by cartels that will squash, subsume, or merge with any meaningful competition.
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Re:Alabama farmer sues John Deere for ‘right to repair’ by HWR_14 on Monday January 24, 2022 @02:32AM (#30054559)
I'm pretty sure there isn't a free black market. I'm fairly sure drug dealing is very regulated by armed forces in any geographic region and historically most major criminal enterprises are similarly regulated.
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Re:Alabama farmer sues John Deere for ‘right to repair’ by danny_codes on Sunday January 23, 2022 @09:35PM (#30053048)
Do you have any economic source or model that supports this claim?

Economic orthodoxy, in all cases I've ever encountered, do not support your claim.

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Re:Alabama farmer sues John Deere for ‘right to repair’ by toolz on Sunday January 23, 2022 @10:10PM (#30053284)
An economic source that the black market is alive and healthy? I'm not sure what you're asking for to be honest - I don't think anyone contests the fact that the black market has been growing for a very long time.
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