My parents have an old video that was put out by the John Deere 2cyl club. It was a documentary of the first international expo they held back in the late 1980's. They interviewed one old timer (who has probably passed on by now) who was talking about how great the old Deere's were and how he didn't think the ones they were making today would be in restorable condition even 20 year later.
It's now more than 20 years later and the story remains the same. Tractors that were new 20 years ago are still in use and people still think the new ones aren't as good.
For most of us, our fathers (or grandfathers) all worked with horses. To them a Farmall H was complicated and wouldn't ever hold up to decades of use.
While a computer module is more complicated to most of us than a carburator, to the next generation of mechanics this will be normal. 50 years from now they will be looking back, commenting on how the new tractors aren't as good as the ones they used to work on...
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