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Last week, a seeming miracle came to pass: @JohnDeere, the #BigAg #monopolist that - along with @Apple - has led the Axis of Evil that killed, delayed and sabotaged dozens of #RightToRepair laws, sued for peace. 1/ Hieronymus Bosch's painting...
They announced a Memorandum of Understanding with the American Farm Bureau Federation to make it easier for farmers to fix their own tractors:

fb.org/files/AFBF_Joh…

This is a move that's both badly needed and long overdue. 2/
Deere abuses copyright law to force farmers to pay for official repairs - even when the farmer does the repair. That's possible thanks to a practice called #VINLocking, in which engine parts come with #DRM that prevents the tractor from recognizing. 3/
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The original sin of tech boosters and critics is an undue focus on what a technology *does*, rather than who it does it *to* and who it does it *for*. When it comes to technology's effect on our daily lives, the social arrangements matter much more than the feature-sets. 1/ An altered version of J.C. ...
If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

pluralistic.net/2022/12/02/not… 2/
This is the premise behind my idea of the #ShittyTechnologyAdoptionCurve: if you want to do something horrible to people with technology, you must first inflict it on people without social power. 3/
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1 Woche bis heute wieder eine Online #Nahtoderfahrung gemacht!
Nichts ging - nichts kam!
Bei @SportScheck (jetzt #GaleriaKaufhof) musste der Vorstand eingreifen; bei @Intersport kam die Waren nicht.
Nur #ThaliaBuchhandlung liefert mir wie gewünscht in den Store zur Abholung.
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Ich fordere den deutschen @Einzelhandel auf, endlich eine europäische Amazon Konkurrenz-Online-Plattform aufzusetzen: die Tools, wie Bezahlsystem und Logistik sind doch alle da - am Design kannst doch nicht scheitern?!
Anmelden, einloggen, bezahlen Lieferadresse, Reklamation, Retoure bei jedem Shop ein anderer Graus...

Wie lange wollt ihr eure Kunden eigentlich noch beleidigen und euch auf deren Kosten selbst optimieren?

Seid ihr es nicht selber schuld, wenn ihr alle den Bach runter geht?
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