I live in an area with a lot of farms and I’ve been seeing more foreign brands (e.g. Fendt) popping up lately.

If anything, remembering your password or persistent sessions are worse for security. You’re better off with mfa, passwordless authentication and using a password manager

That happened in our town too. Local pharmacy that was part of the community for 90 years. Walgreens bought it and it was shut down by the end of the week.