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# The FTC settles with John Deere over a 2025 right-to-repair lawsuit, requiring the company to provide farmers and shops with equipment and software for 10 years (Boone Ashworth/Wired)

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**Published:** July 8, 2026  
**Original:** https://www.techmeme.com/260708/p42#a260708p42  

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## Overview

Boone Ashworth / Wired: The FTC settles with John Deere over a 2025 right-to-repair lawsuit, requiring the company to provide farmers and shops with equipment and software for 10 years &mdash; After more than a decade of pushback, farmers and repair advocates have won access to equipment and services John Deere had long kept under its control.

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