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iFixit wants Congress to let it hack McDonald’s ice cream machines (www.theverge.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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iFixit wants Congress to let it hack McDonald’s ice cream machines::McDonald’s ice cream machines are notorious for breaking all the time, so iFixit wants to help people repair them without the help of the manufacturer.

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

If I remember correctly I saw a video explaining this. Same goes with the device. Apparently the company that makes the machines and McDonalds have some sort of agreement where McDonald’s gets the machine at a huge discount but they have to use that company for repairs and only them. Win win for both. Company also added script to stop the device from working. Something like that.

Either way im at the point where I completely forget that McDonald’s has ice cream.

Here’s the video: https://piped.video/SrDEtSlqJC4?si=F9x-GPjuXEaSk7zO

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Company also added script to stop the device from working. Something like that.

I don't think it's quite that devious. That kind of "feature" would probably be racketeering and ripe for lawsuit. I think it's more that the machines are temperamental as fuck and the methods to fix the machines are kept under a very tight lid.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

Yeah, an incorrect cleaning procedure can cause a error that requires maintenance personnel to reset the error. They don't need to do anything else though, it's completely fine to just do the cleaning again. Stuff like that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, sounds more like a feature of cheap ice cream machines than malicious intent.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

They also have birthday ice cream cakes