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Originally Posted by wizwor
This, like most other licensing issues, is a perfectly legitimate position for a seller to propose. It's also perfectly legitimate for people to decline to do business with the seller. Were I an automaker, I would tout my products as OPEN. As soon as one does this, all others must follow. As a consumer, you choose who you will do business with.
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The real impetus for this is to require all repairs to be done by an "authorized dealer", which is someone who has paid the manufacturer a fee to become an "authorized dealer". You are assuming that enough people will understand and care before buying the (car, truck, tractor), to switch to a manufacturer for it to be worth it for them to forgo the additional revenue the licensing of repair facilities will give them.