Re:A New Jailbreak for John Deere Tractors Rides the Right-t...
by pessimizer on Sunday August 14, 2022 @01:13PM
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> is your average farmer going to know what to do with a root terminal?
Who cares?
The question is 1) whether your exceptional farmer will have a root terminal available to them if they want to use it, and 2) if your average farmer calls a programmer, will they have a root terminal available to work on the farmer's behalf?
> A suite of hacked Deere software with various troubleshooting modules? Or is it just going to be a bargaining chip to encourage Deere to further open up its platform?
I don't understand how you don't think these would be massive achievements.
The goal isn't to stick it to John Deere. Who cares about John Deere? The goal is to push John Deere the company out of the tractor you bought.
Who cares?
The question is 1) whether your exceptional farmer will have a root terminal available to them if they want to use it, and 2) if your average farmer calls a programmer, will they have a root terminal available to work on the farmer's behalf?
> A suite of hacked Deere software with various troubleshooting modules? Or is it just going to be a bargaining chip to encourage Deere to further open up its platform?
I don't understand how you don't think these would be massive achievements.
The goal isn't to stick it to John Deere. Who cares about John Deere? The goal is to push John Deere the company out of the tractor you bought.