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[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)
[–] Abundance114@lemmy.world 0 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Read some Right to Repair U.S. law. There's absolutely nothing illegal about reprogramming any device for personal use.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Tell that to every farmer in the US. Do you seriously not know about the DMCA?

[–] Abundance114@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

Tell that to every farmer in the US

Every farmer in the U.S. has the right to repair and reprogram their vehicles. They do not however have the right to force John Deer to provide access to their proprietary software.

Not being able to reprogram something, and it being a literal crime, are absolutely different things.