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Not copiers, but the ice cream machines in mcdonalds resturants were kept unreliable because mcdonalds made money on the constant repairs. It didn't matter to
by willvarfar 2y ago
Not copiers, but the ice cream machines in mcdonalds resturants were kept unreliable because mcdonalds made money on the constant repairs. It didn't matter to them that the franchisee was losing money. When 3rd party companies jumped in to fix the machines the manufacturer and mcdonalds acted to stop that happening. There was a court case brought by the third party companies, which they recently lost.
- bornfreddy 2y ago> ...they recently lost. Who is "they"?
- chongli 2y agoThey being the third party repair companies. Johnny Harris did a long piece on the whole story [1]. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrDEtSlqJC4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrDEtSlqJC4
- kchr 2y agoActually, it looks like the feds have sided with the 3rd parties? https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/14/24101023/ftc-doj-comment-dmca-ifixit-ice-cream-machines https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/14/24101023/ftc-doj-comment-...