> What happens if the replacement parts aren't actually as good, safe or reliable as the originals? McDonald's gets bad PR, or a lawsuit depending on the sever

> What happens if the replacement parts aren't actually as good, safe or reliable as the originals? McDonald's gets bad PR, or a lawsuit depending on the severity. Mcdonalds will chose a provider with good enough parts or have a broken down machine... like it has now. Volkswagen doesn't make oil, doesn't make it's own brake discs and doesn't make it's own wipers.... so what? You can buy TRW or ATE or Brembo or whatever brakes, castrol, shell, elf or whatever oil and valeo or bosch or whatever wipers. And a car is a lot more dangerous than an ice cream machine.