It's no more robbery than what has been going on in the automotive world for the last 20+ years. It's no different what so ever. The biggest thing I would like to see is access to the diagnositc programs, such as Deere's Service Advisor, or CNH's EST, whether directly through the OEM, or through a company like Snap On. I don't think Deere or Cat has a chance on this aspect of it. A precedent has been set in the automotive and truck industries, and eventually they will be forced to release all of that information, and will likely be forced to adhere to something similar to OBDII. Of course Deere doesn't like it, but more so, dealers don't like it, because right now they have that portion of the market locked down, but, competition is always a good thing, and this would, without any doubt, create some competition in the market.
The other thing you're missing is that, for a lot years now, people have had the ability to mess with a vehicles programming. Programs(software and hardware) such as EFI Live, give any person with $800 the ability to tune their vehicle to no end,(certain makes and models only) to change almost everything the OE originally spent a lot of time coming up with in the first place. I have yet to hear of a case of where somebody changing something in their vehicle has caused an accident. Not to say it has NEVER happened, but it's very certainly not the problem that Deere (and every other OEM) argues it is.
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