The FTC alleges John Deere’s monopoly has led to multi-billion-dollar profits for the company while burdening farmers with extortionate costs.
  • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    14 hours ago

    But help me understand how it’s possible that our “free market” is enabling this, unless it’s just a controlled market charading as free?

    John Deere is relying on DRM enforced by copyright law, which, being a literal government-granted monopoly, is as anti-free-market as it gets.