iFixit Petitions Government for Right to Hack McDonald's Ice Cream Machine
Johnny Harris did some pretty quality journalism on this which provides some great context: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=SrDEtSlqJC4">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=SrDEtSlqJC4</a><p>It is much more interesting than I expected.<p>Namely, that McDonald&#x27;s franchises agree to only use repair labor from a contractually enforced monopoly. McDonalds and the ice cream machine company <i>collude</i> to extract money from franchises. He also compares McDonald&#x27;s ice cream machines to Wendy&#x27;s, which are the same brand under a different contract scheme and finds that Wendy&#x27;s does not have the same problems.