Tractor Hacking: Documentary About Farmers Fighting for the Right to Repair
As a software engineer with an embedded systems background this kind of OEM behavior driver me up the wall.<p>I&#x27;ve had OEM&#x27;s:<p>- refusing to provide interface specs of a device of which we just ordered hundreds of units. (But hey, here is the binary windows (!) driver for this embedded device)<p>- refusing to provide the calculation method of a checksum value their device returned.<p>- Stopping software development (tooling, firmware, drivers) on embedded products, even when there are known issues.<p>- Dropping support on a device, even when hundreds of them are still being used in the field.<p>It&#x27;s not just tractors, its everywhere.<p>From a business standpoint, it&#x27;s just so dangerous to work with hardware vendors who don&#x27;t offer implementation details or source code. If they drop support or stop existing, you&#x27;re screwed...