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Re:Investigating why McDonald's ice cream machines are often... by mjrpes on Monday April 26, 2021 @01:22AM (#26939457)
The video says the Taylor machines at other fast food places (Burger King, Wendy's) rarely break down, or at least much less than McDonald's. So you're saying this is untrue? If not, why the discrepancy?
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Re:Investigating why McDonald's ice cream machines are often... by slantyyz on Monday April 26, 2021 @10:18AM (#26942746)
The Wired article explains this more clearly than the video. These machines do more than the ones at the other places.

"But what makes the machine special is that it has two hoppers and two barrels, each working independently with precise settings, to produce both milkshakes and soft serve simultaneously."[1]

1: https://www.wired.com/story/they-hacked-mcdonalds-ice-cream-...

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Re:Investigating why McDonald's ice cream machines are often... by dsr_ on Monday April 26, 2021 @12:27PM (#26944437)
Sounds like having two machines would cost them some space and increase the reliability.

Do the franchise owners want that increased cost and reliability?

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Re:Investigating why McDonald's ice cream machines are often... by arbitrage on Monday April 26, 2021 @09:32AM (#26942309)
mcdonald's has much higher customer volume, and possibly much more intense burst traffic ... lunch & breakfast, for example.

the higher frequency of machine breakdown probably should first be linked to frequency of use, rather than trying to find something nefarious going on.

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Re:Investigating why McDonald's ice cream machines are often... by gruez on Monday April 26, 2021 @09:03AM (#26942072)
the other machines don't self-sanitize?
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