Maybe you should watch that movie, it's some comedy gold. As someone who works around tons of machinery I have seen all manner of safety video. The caterpillar video wasn't a warning, it was suppose to be entertaining because people HATE watching safety videos. If I have to tell you, "don't stand on bulldozer treds while they're moving" then Darwin is calling your name.
And keep in mind, John Deere very rarely said it was unsafe for people to repair this equipment. Their main arguement was "source code, source code, source code! We need to protect our intellectual property". After screaming about that, it was discovered that all John Deere equipment runs on a modified Linux distro. This is legal todo, but part of the GPL(General Public license) is that they have to make all modifications to the software opensource. So now, John Deere is facing lawsuits for software piracy. Considering how many millions they could lose from this lawsuit, the fact they are doubling down on not making all of their software opensource REALLY shows their motivations.
I'd also like to point out that being able to maintain and repair your own equipment is part of a farmers jobs. These people work in remote areas hours away from cities or towns. During harvest you have a small window to maximize yield and waiting a day or two for a repair technician to come out could cost hundreds of thousands of dollar. Farmers are not dumb people who walk around with straw hats. Being a field repair technician is part of the job and has been since the industrialization of farm.
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