If you're a DIY enthusiast, then chances are excellent that you know exactly how satisfying it is to successfully do things yourself. Whether it's repairing a small electronic device yourself, soldering a circuit board, or even changing out a faucet in your kitchen or bathroom, there's a special sense of satisfaction that you simply don't get from having someone else do it.
But at the same time, it's also nice to know that if you needed to, you probably could have a skilled repair person do that job for you if that's what you chose. Call up your local plumber, or visit your local electronics repair shop, and hopefully, they can help fix the problem if you either can't or don't want to do it yourself.
Choices are great things to have when you need something repaired!
That's exactly what farmers and right-to-repair advocates have been arguing with heavy farming equipment manufacturer John Deere for years now, and it's finally come to a head in January. On January 15, the US Federal Trade Commission, together with the state attorneys general of Illinois and Minnesota, officially filed a federal lawsuit against John Deere over this ongoing matter.
