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Perhaps more like a digital bookstore called Power Books, originally owned by John Power, and Apple claiming that it conflicts with Apple trademarks Apple Books
by projektfu 2y ago
Perhaps more like a digital bookstore called Power Books, originally owned by John Power, and Apple claiming that it conflicts with Apple trademarks Apple Books and their somewhat defunct PowerBook trademark.
It's tough because Mac is a common name part and (maybe less common now) nickname, and yet it seems clear that Supermac's was created with the intention of riding McDonald's coattails. It definitely seemed so in the 80s when, I think, Galway didn't have a McDonald's and Dublin and Cork did.
For me, the really perplexing thing is that there is a market for Supermac's outside of Ireland. Then again, their food quality might be a lot better than it was years ago, and McDonald's quality has diminished. I haven't had Supermac's in at least 25 years.
- crazygringo 2y ago> and McDonald's quality has diminished Not sure where you're getting that from -- it's quite the opposite. McDonald's quarter pounders used to be made from frozen, and all the popular sandwiches would sit around pre-made under heat lamps until somebody ordered one. Now quarter pounders are made from fresh beef, and all sandwiches are made to order, so they're not sitting around drying up. Not to mention the McCrispy is a real chicken sandwich now, a million times better than the old McChicken "chicken patty". McDonald's certainly isn't gourmet or anything, but the quality of their beef and chicken sandwiches have most definitely improved from what they used to be. (This is the case in the US at least.)
- projektfu 2y agoThey don't taste as good.
- crazygringo 2y agoI'm quite sure that's because your taste has improved. It says much more about you than it does about McD's.
- projektfu 2y agoThe buns are usually dried out and the kitchens look perpetually understaffed and honestly chaotic. The stores look dirty. The fries are often cold. I honestly couldn't tell you what the patty tastes like in isolation from all that.
- crazygringo 2y agoNone of that even makes any sense. Buns are kept wrapped in plastic, you know the same as every supermarket, until they're used. Whatever you think of staffing or chaos has nothing to do with the taste of the food, nor does whatever you mean by it "looking dirty". Fries sit below a heat lamp and by definition can't be cold unless you're waiting 10 minutes to eat them, which is going to be the case with all fries. You don't know what you're talking about. It's fine if you don't like McD's, but don't just make things up to justify it.
- projektfu 2y agoYup, all in my head.
- hulitu 2y ago> Now quarter pounders are made from fresh beef Yes, i also noticed a beef farm near every McDonald. /s
- crazygringo 2y agoWell of course, just like there's a beef farm next to every supermarket. /s Really not sure what your point is, to be honest? They stopped using frozen patties for them. Do you use a different definition for fresh vs. frozen meat?
- oglop 2y agolol. You are an ad for fucking McDonald’s. Also I already know what you’re saying is true, doesn’t change the fact the food has something off about it now. I don’t recall people having midnight black shits and stomach pain from eating McDonald’s in the 90s. I also don’t think this issue is exclusive to McDonalds though. In America, something is just not right with the food supply chains. You love data, so go checkout the colon cancer rates in America. It’s wild.