iFixit wants Congress to let it hack McDonald’s ice cream machines

Re:iFixit wants Congress to let it hack McDonald’s ice cream... by Simulacra on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @08:25AM (#37320964)

It almost makes you wonder if there's some sort of McDonald's kickback scheme here. They make the franchisees take the machine, knowing it's going to break down, which makes the franchise owners have to pay through the nose to get it fixed, and then which McDonald's gets a kickback.

When you have a machine that fails that often, and has become that much of a publicity problem, you would think a company like McDonald's would say OK enough is enough, we're changing the machines.

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Re:iFixit wants Congress to let it hack McDonald’s ice cream... by gruez on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @08:48AM (#37321202)

>It almost makes you wonder if there's some sort of McDonald's kickback scheme here.

Given that there's been a lawsuit between the OEM and the startup making mods for the machine for 2 years and no such documents have been found in discovery, my guess is no.

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Re:iFixit wants Congress to let it hack McDonald’s ice cream... by orangepurple on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @09:35AM (#37321942)

The conspiracy is a proven fact, no longer merely a theory. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXwD_HeC8Ms

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Re:iFixit wants Congress to let it hack McDonald’s ice cream... by gruez on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @09:38AM (#37321964)

>58:42 video

There's no way I'm sitting through all that, and the chapter headings aren't very helpful either. Can you link to a specific timestamp?

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