Source: Stef Schrader, THE DRIVE, 2/9/21


Usually the word "hacking" implies breaking into someone else's data, but farmers are having to hack their own farm equipment just to keep it running, reports Freethink. Companies like John Deere won't license out the software necessary to diagnose and fix their increasingly complex farm equipment, forcing owners to source that software online.  The fight over "right to repair" doesn't just extend to totaled Teslas—it affects what makes it onto your dinner table, too. Crops won't schedule themselves around a 40-mile repair trip to a specific company's dealership. 

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