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IFIXIT: Victory Is Sweet - We Can Now Fix McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines (www.ifixit.com)
submitted 1 month ago by simple@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world
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This is a nice win for self-repair hardware rights.

For context, see their old video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uCpY3tFTIA

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Why would you buy an ice cream machine from McDonalds? They have bland food and cut cola with hygiene problems in their ice machines.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 17 points 1 month ago

If you run a franchise, you have to get the machine from a specific vendor. That vendor makes a killing charging for their techs to come over to fix those machines. There's some videos on YouTube that explain how the scam works.

[–] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Why would anyone even eat there?