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Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

00:18 - An analogy to this situation

00:47 - If Microsoft did this in 2001, what would’ve happened?

02:02 - Today’s news

02:49 - Kevin shows his hardware at dakotafest farm show

03:22 - Rumor was that John Deere was going to sabotage his equipment

04:01 - Kevin talks to C&B Operations John Deere dealer representative

05:36 - THE PUNCHLINE OF THIS ENTIRE VIDEO, if you listen to anything, click here

06:03 - He admits to Deere sabotaging competing products

06:28 - He doubles down on it

06:43 - Kevin Kenney Chris Hansens him

07:40 - Why say this out loud??

08:47 - My work

  • HughJanus@lemmy.ml
    24·
    1 year ago

    Unfortunately nothing will come of this. What Louis doesn’t understand is that dealerships are franchises. That guy is not a John Deere employee. If enough people make a stink, at best, they’ll fire that guy and both John Deere and the dealer will say that he doesn’t represent their views.

      • HughJanus@lemmy.ml
        5·
        1 year ago

        True, but he also seems to think this will most certainly end in an anti-trust violation.

      • sadreality@kbin.social
        2·
        1 year ago

        That’s for a judge and/or jury to decide and it doesn’t work quite so easily since in america corporate crime is rarely if ever punished.

      • HughJanus@lemmy.ml
        1·
        1 year ago

        Except you don’t understand that the franchisee and their employees directly represent the brand

        This company obviously gives zero fucks about their brand.

        they granted access to their brand to that individual so their are still on the hook for their actions

        No they’re not.