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		mabbo on April 10, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Farmers look for ways to circumvent tractor softwa... It's not just the farmer paying for this: it's everyone who eats food. The time wasted is lost productivity. The extra fees just for a software unlock is lost money. The farmer has to either charge more, or go out of business sooner. Either way, the cost of food rises.

kodfodrasz on April 10, 2017 [–]

The only problems is that the creators of those software did not get their food and tools for free.

Was that also lost productivity?

Maybe we could fix it by giving everything for free!

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