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Re:Ice cream machine hackers sue McDonald's by Kwastie on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @10:47AM (#30528612)
This great (mini) YouTube documentary gives some background what lead up to the lawsuit. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrDEtSlqJC4)
Re:Ice cream machine hackers sue McDonald's by JohnWhigham on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @11:30AM (#30529135)
Despite how fucking shitty YouTube has gotten, it's content like this that could never be available anywhere else on the Internet today for free.
Re:Ice cream machine hackers sue McDonald's by hackernewds on Thursday March 03, 2022 @12:32AM (#30537514)
Why is YouTube "fucking shitty"? And why then if it were so that this content could never be available anywhere else (since _any_ storage cloud service could host it)? I think your answers to the second will counteract the first
Re:Ice cream machine hackers sue McDonald's by atlantas on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @10:51AM (#30528655)
Seconded. That is excellent piece of work; some of the best journalism I've seen in years.
Re:Ice cream machine hackers sue McDonald's by w-m on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @11:56AM (#30529514)
The video makes some good points, but overall it’s very repetitive. Just count how many times the shot of the manual with “call a service technician” is used, always with similar narration, or the one of the finances of the company who make 25% of their revenue with parts and service.

This could have easily been a 5 minute video. Also, it does not offer any explanation why McDonalds is the only customer of the Taylor brand machines with this issue. Burger King is also “an old company”, why doesn’t it apply to them?

Re:Ice cream machine hackers sue McDonald's by ziml77 on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @12:43PM (#30530182)
McDonald's machines are custom manufactured for them by Taylor. It's not surprising that other places don't have the same issues.
Re:Ice cream machine hackers sue McDonald's by daenz on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @11:16AM (#30528962)
That gives a huge amount of context, thanks! Here's where Kytch is mentioned specifically https://youtu.be/SrDEtSlqJC4?t=1379