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John Deere will pay farmers $99 million over right-to-repair lawsuit
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John Deere has agreed to pay $99 million to settle a right-to-repair class action, creating a fund that will be used to address the lawsuit’s claims. As part of the settlement, the company will make diagnostic and other digital repair tools available to farmers and independent repair shops for the next ten years, expanding access to equipment documentation.
Written from all 4 reports below, not from any single one.
How it was reported
- Hacker News·John Deere to pay $99M in right-to-repair settlement
John Deere will pay $99M in a right-to-repair settlement. The settlement addresses restrictions on repairing equipment. Farmers and repair shops will have increased access to diagnostic tools and documentation.
- TechMeme·John Deere agreed to pay $99M into a fund to settle a 2022 right-to-repair class action lawsuit, and make digital repair tools available to farmers for 10 years (Reuters)
- Wired·John Deere Is Paying Farmers $99 Million for Allegedly Monopolizing Repair
- The Verge·John Deere will pay farmers $99 million over right-to-repair lawsuit
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