Victory Is Sweet: We Can Now Fix McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines
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The Copyright Office just handed down a big Right to Repair win: we can now legally repair commercial food preparation equipment, including McDonald’s machines.
  • Clay_pidginEnglish
    3•41 minutes ago

    That’s great, but I’m sure Taylor (ice cream machine manufacturer) will still void your warranty, and McDonald’s corporate will still tell you you’re required to have Taylor service it. There were blackboxed control bypass devices for these machines that let them run longer and self-clean better, but McDonald’s sent out a memo requiring all franchisees to remove them and only allow Taylor to work on those machines.

  • Uninvited GuestEnglish
    37•4 hours ago

    While there is feel good framing, write ups like this just reinforce what a dystopian hell hole we live in. It is depressing.

    • @[email protected]English
      10•2 hours ago

      You’re not wrong, but I’d still encourage everyone to celebrate the small victories. If we wait for perfection it may never come.

      • @T156English
        1•54 minutes ago

        Plus it’s still an improvement over the alternative.

  • @ShoEnglish
    3•3 hours ago

    Thumbnail isn’t even a Mcds unit.