tl;dr: John Deere has settled with the FTC and five state attorneys general, agreeing to provide diagnostic and repair tools to equipment owners and independent shops rather than restricting them to authorized dealers. The company will pay $1 million to the states, face 10 years of compliance oversight, and is barred from retaliating against those who bypass its dealer network. This follows a separate $99 million class-action settlement Deere reached with farmers in April.