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They Hacked McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines–and Started a Cold War
- HeyLaughingBoy 6y ago6-9-4-6 [REFILL] Just curious to see if anyone here recognizes that code...
- hexadec 6y agoThis is a great story about right to repair as well as the right to access data and the hardware when manufacturers won't help you.
- AuthorizedCust 6y agoInteresting story, but I'm a little unsympathetic. The "victim" is as contract-ey/legal-ey as the aggressor.
- jessaustin 5y agoThey provided a service that benefited franchisees and diners. They are entitled to charge for such a service. McDonald's corporation benefits when restaurants sell more ice cream. Taylor machines are more reliable. These third parties also seem to have benefited from Kytch's work, but for some reason they decided to interfere in Kytch's commercial relationships with lies and threats of legal action. IANAL, but that seems like tortious interference.
- canadianfella 6y ago> The Kytch couple tells WIRED they’re planning to file a lawsuit against some McDonald’s franchisees who they believe are colluding with Taylor by handing over their Kytch devices to the ice cream machine giant and allowing them to be reverse-engineered—a violation of the franchisees' agreement with Kytch. Ironic