This is not small. This sets a HUGE precedent for the "subscription model" in numerous other industries. While it isn't a court filing...just an agreement...it still sets the baseline for the ability for consumers to own the products they purchase.
John Deere went a bridge too far, and it burned them.
About 20 years ago, there was a conversation I was privy to about how the Top Brass at BMW and Mercedes wanted to put Locks on their Hoods so nobody but their onw Techs were able to open them and work on them....
The Idea was to have a Captured Clientele, a Captured audience if you will, and from that, a 100% reliable Captured Residual Income....
Which is exactly what they depend upon, Residual Income from parts intentionally designed to break within a certain amount of time, and if you cannot Duplicate it, or find an aftermarket copy, you're forced to buy it from the dealer, and that's at a hefty price....
Yep, it's why I have an Android and use PCs over Macs. Neither are perfect options of course, but are FAR better and more open ecosystems than the Apple's "walled garden". Cheaper too.
Grifting on parts is a common business strategy. Sell your equipment at or slightly below cost, but make it up by the ton in part sales. Service agreements are even better.
But that isn’t the main issue. You should see how many people have sued John Deere over modified tractors that malfunctioned. And they tried to blame the manufacturer for the defect. These are very costly to litigate; even more so if they lose. Whether equipment was modified and/or whether the modification caused the injury or a manufacturing defect caused it is an issue of fact for a jury to find. You can’t easily punt those cases in summary judgment.
This is a HUGE win. My family farms and I would NEVER buy a Deere. All these country songs singing praised about John Deere always ticked me off. It s like Deere was paying Nashville. Even with this win, I still don't think I'll buy a John Deere because they tried to screw over the very people they claim to help. I'll keep watching this and see where it goes, but I still very much have a bad taste in my mouth.
I'm still partial to my family's Massey Fergusons and my favorite, the Allis Chalmers D15. Hell we still have an old Minneapolis-Moline sitting around!
"Old but fixable" will always beat "new but not fixable".
This is not small. This sets a HUGE precedent for the "subscription model" in numerous other industries. While it isn't a court filing...just an agreement...it still sets the baseline for the ability for consumers to own the products they purchase.
John Deere went a bridge too far, and it burned them.
Pfizer and Vaxxxines have entered the Chat.....
Just behind Mercedes and BMW....
About 20 years ago, there was a conversation I was privy to about how the Top Brass at BMW and Mercedes wanted to put Locks on their Hoods so nobody but their onw Techs were able to open them and work on them....
The Idea was to have a Captured Clientele, a Captured audience if you will, and from that, a 100% reliable Captured Residual Income....
Which is exactly what they depend upon, Residual Income from parts intentionally designed to break within a certain amount of time, and if you cannot Duplicate it, or find an aftermarket copy, you're forced to buy it from the dealer, and that's at a hefty price....
Like what Apple does, and probably Tesla too.
Yep, it's why I have an Android and use PCs over Macs. Neither are perfect options of course, but are FAR better and more open ecosystems than the Apple's "walled garden". Cheaper too.
To go a step further, you need an open bios and OS too. Libre boot and coreboot with Linux or bsd.
Grifting on parts is a common business strategy. Sell your equipment at or slightly below cost, but make it up by the ton in part sales. Service agreements are even better.
But that isn’t the main issue. You should see how many people have sued John Deere over modified tractors that malfunctioned. And they tried to blame the manufacturer for the defect. These are very costly to litigate; even more so if they lose. Whether equipment was modified and/or whether the modification caused the injury or a manufacturing defect caused it is an issue of fact for a jury to find. You can’t easily punt those cases in summary judgment.
This is a HUGE win. My family farms and I would NEVER buy a Deere. All these country songs singing praised about John Deere always ticked me off. It s like Deere was paying Nashville. Even with this win, I still don't think I'll buy a John Deere because they tried to screw over the very people they claim to help. I'll keep watching this and see where it goes, but I still very much have a bad taste in my mouth.
I'm still partial to my family's Massey Fergusons and my favorite, the Allis Chalmers D15. Hell we still have an old Minneapolis-Moline sitting around!
"Old but fixable" will always beat "new but not fixable".