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    John Deere zahlt 99 Millionen US-Dollar als Schadensersatz wegen Schadensersatzanspruchs


    John Deere zahlt 99 Millionen US-Dollar als Schadensersatz wegen Schadensersatzanspruchs

    https://www.thedrive.com/news/john-deere-to-pay-99-million-in-monumental-right-to-repair-settlement

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    4. ActualSpiders on

      When companies can’t increase their profits by selling more or better products, they just start gouging their existing customers. Usually this starts right after they eliminate or co-op all viable competition.

    5. Iyellkhan on

      the big win is they’ve agreed to make repair and diagnostics tools available to third parties for a decade. not as good as new law, but better than nothing

    6. Silverback_Panda on

      Their profit is in the billions per yr. This one time fee is nothing.

    7. qoning on

      >The agricultural manufacturing giant pointed out in a statement that this is no admission of wrongdoing

      >The settlement also includes an agreement by Deere to provide “the digital tools ​required for the maintenance, diagnosis, and repair” of tractors, combines, and other machinery for 10 years. 

      Yeeeah, this is a slap for behavior that will continue as soon as they are allowed to.

    8. Shiftymennoknight on

      Can we throw the CEO in prison as well to make sure it doesnt happen again?

    9. Goat_Wizard_Doom_666 on

      On the upside, they taught farmers how to be hackers. 🤷‍♂️

    10. Slugtard on

      And Colorado has an about to give them a get of jail free card…essentially lets them define what products do or don’t have a right to repair…I’m sure they can be trusted to look out for our best interests.

      SB26-090 is the culprit. Proposed by John Carson, Marc Synder, & Tony Hartsook, not even 6 months after the effective bill went into effect. These people don’t work for us, represent us, or care about us.

    13. Egineer on

      To clarify on the software:

      It’s always been available to customers. The change is to allow 3rd party repair shops to do repairs with Deere software.

      The features around emission system modifications / operating in faulted conditions is more likely to be driven with the EPA changes (operational grace period with faulted emissions) and not the R2R lawsuit. The 3rd party repairs can fix emissions systems—but they cannot delete the emissions systems. That will still be locked out.

      Also: Deere doesn’t make money on repairs, they make money on the parts used in the repairs. The dealerships are the ones losing out here—money from repairs is going to 3rd parties (non-dealership repairs).

      I encourage anyone downvoting to let me know what is inaccurate above and I’ll correct it.

    15. kevlowe on

      John Deere’s Market cap is roughly $155 BILLION, and their net income for 2025 was ~$5 BILLION. This is just the cost of doing business to them.

      Until CEOs/Boards are thrown into prison, these fines are nothing more than business expenses to them.

    16. richardsneeze on

      I thought the headline said „John Denver“ at first glance and I was very curious about what Mr. Rocky Mountain High himself could have made impossible to repair.

    17. -notaflamethrower on

      As a 3rd party repairer I was just told by my local John Deere dealer that they are no longer honoring warranty on parts sold to 3rd party repair companies. If I buy it for my customers machine it comes with no warranty. If my customer buys it and has me put it on they will honor the warranty through the customer. The next step they are taking to screw over 3rd parties.

    18. Fabulous_Chemical_ on

      Or they donate 10% of that to Trump and don’t pay any victims. Kind of like that recent nursing home case.

    20. PetalumaPegleg on

      Classic no admission of fault and a fine that doesn’t do anything to them. The US doesn’t punish companies for bad behavior and incentivizes it as a result.

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