You guys are constantly croaking about how "main stream media" twists facts to suit their agenda. This news article sounds pretty agenda-rich to me, that agenda being to incite anger and panic in a fringe element of society.
What this probably is, is a move to keep aftermarket companies from hacking or reverse-engineering the proprietary software to change the performance of the vehicles/tractors.
The problem is people put these programmers/chips/etc. on their vehicles, remove emissions equipment, and it screws up the computer. So what do they do? They take it back to the dealer and DEMAND it be fixed, UNDER WARRANTY!
It costs the manufacturer millions of dollars every year in fraudulent warranty claims that raise the price YOU, the honest consumer who uses the vehicles as intended, pay for the vehicles.
If people were honest and say, "Yes, I put a programmer on it. It is my fault. I will pay for the repairs." Then it wouldn't be a problem. Everyone's looking to blame someone else. The manufacturers are just trying to protect themselves.
Freedom only works when people are honest and take responsibility. Since nobody wants to take responsibility for their actions, this is what we get.
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