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Yet another person who doesn’t know what the word scam means lol
Other than the convenience

You can’t just wave off convenience, when that is the driving factor of the fast food industry.
People know it’s not quality food.
We all know “it’s cheaper to eat at home.”
It’s not a scam when everyone is in on it. >

Paying for convenience is the point. The cost of the time people save getting fast food is worth more. >

My air fryer refuses to make my fries taste like McDs. >

McDonald's fries aren't even that good. Arby's curly fries are way better. >

Not saying they’re not good but they’re two completely different things >

You are paying for the convenience, not the food quality >

You underestimate how bad at cooking a lot of people are. >

If cost is an issue, frozen meals can actually be fairly inexpensive >

If you factor in the time it takes you to make the food (labor) then it is not ten times more expensive than to make it yourself. You just aren't thinking of assigning a value to your time and effort because you aren't directly paying for it but it is worth something.
This is not in any way a defense of fast food and it's nutritional value, just that you didn't factor in labor cost of homemade meals. >

"Scam" would imply they're tricking people...but they're not. No one is going to McDonald's or Burger King expecting filet mignon, they know exactly what kind of food they're paying for. Is it cheaper to cook for yourself? Sure, but you could say the same thing for literally any restaurant. I eat fast food because I don't want to cook for myself or clean the mess afterwards. >

People use words to exaggerate. When someone says something overpriced is a scam they don't mean it literally. Just that it's way too much money for what you get and gullible customers are getting taken.