> and then there is a ton of "McDonald's" franchises who are the victims (paying the literal price). Everybody loses in this situation. the biggest victims her

> and then there is a ton of "McDonald's" franchises who are the victims (paying the literal price). Everybody loses in this situation. the biggest victims here are the consumers who can't get the products that they want, and have had to resort to developing/using apps to track down working machines, followed by the employees who have to deal with the constantly angry/frustrated customers, followed by the franchise owners who are losing money and disappointing their customers. The franchise owners are acting in self-defense by working around the vendor which means the vendor is losing money on service calls, and the corporation loses because (quite rightly) their image suffers for causing this mess in the first place and allowing it to continue.