The FTC Settlement With John Deere Is a Huge Win for the Right-to-Repair Movement
The FTC has reached a settlement with John Deere requiring the company to provide farmers and independent shops with the same repair tools and software access as official dealers. This agreement, which lasts for 10 years, is considered a major victory for the right-to-repair movement.
The full statement lays out obligations for John Deere’s repair services, requiring the company to give farmers and third-party repair shops access to the same equipment and repair resources it provides to official John Deere dealers. This includes software capabilities, such as reading and resetting codes and pairing with other software, which customers have long had limited access to, creating delays when diagnosing equipment problems. Delayed fixes can mean delayed harvests, which many farmers saw as a fundamental threat to their livelihoods.
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