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Re:A New Jailbreak for John Deere Tractors Rides the Right-t... by _fat_santa on Sunday August 14, 2022 @10:39AM (#32459617)
I remember when Motherboard did a piece about this issue they interviewed a farmer. He basically said something along the lines of:

> I had no idea how any of this worked but I needed to get my tractor running so I got to Googling and figured it out.

Don't underestimate farmers. They might not be tech savvy in the traditional sense. But if you told them they needed to jailbreak their tractors to plant this season, they would figure it out.

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Re:A New Jailbreak for John Deere Tractors Rides the Right-t... by Nextgrid on Sunday August 14, 2022 @11:53AM (#32460251)
On the other hand, Googling and downloading random shit is also the perfect way to end up with malware or break things. Wouldn't it be better if you didn't need to download unverified tools from potentially shady websites just to repair what you own? If your product requires specific proprietary software to repair, that software should be provided when the product is sold.
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Re:A New Jailbreak for John Deere Tractors Rides the Right-t... by escalt on Monday August 15, 2022 @07:26AM (#32468302)
It's also a perfect way to enter the hacking scene
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