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We can now fix McDonald's ice cream machines

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Re: We can now fix McDonald's ice cream machines

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Post by darth_avocado »

janalsncm wrote: post #77
Aloisius wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Taylor doesn't get paid for the vast majority of repairs. The money goes to the independent technician. They make some money for replacement parts, but that's rarely more than the occasional o-ring.

> It's also all about Taylor's exclusivity on repairing the machines. In context, it doesn’t matter whether Taylor is getting paid or Santa Claus is. The problem is that McDonald’s franchises were not able to fix them due to software locks.

Which means sometimes you buy replacement machines from Taylor

Re: We can now fix McDonald's ice cream machines

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Post by whaleofatw2022 »

Aloisius wrote: post #69
recursive wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Certified by a Taylor-accredited organization. The money all goes the same way. A distinction without a difference.

Taylor doesn't get paid for the vast majority of repairs. The money goes to the independent technician. They make some money for replacement parts, but that's rarely more than the occasional o-ring.

What is a franchising fee or other franchising requirements? The shop is paying them money for the ability to get money for the repairs. Don't be intellectually dishonest.

Re: We can now fix McDonald's ice cream machines

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Post by listenallyall »

mcdow wrote: post #35
jessriedel wrote: post #17

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I don't understand the last sentence. If the machines are frequently broken, that damages the Macdonald's brand in the consumer's eyes. And if the franchisee's are paying unnecessary costs, making a Macdonald's franchise less lucrative for the owner-operator, that will lead to fewer franchises renewals and new franchises in the future.

Been a while since I first watched the video. I would imagine the ice cream machines are a relatively small part of the McDonald's business. As evidenced by the fact that McDonalds ice cream has been an issue for quite a while. I would imagine franchises of a similar caliber to McD's also exploit their owner-operators on a similar scale because they can, we just don't necessarily hear about it because McDonalds is th…

I'd suggest the quality of McDonald's ingredients is superior than the vast majority of restaurants that rely on Sysco or US Foods. Just my opinion, I know it's not going to convince anyone whose mind is already made up about McDonald's.

Re: We can now fix McDonald's ice cream machines

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Post by lysace »

singron wrote: post #104
lysace wrote: post #79

Bad headline. No, they can't. They are now allowed to, but they don't have the actual ability to do so. Clickbait of the weirdest kind - the totally unnecessary one. They could have gone with more truthful "We're now allowed to" with the same amount of impact... right?

Yeah this was weird. You usually expect this from a newspaper where the editor chooses an inaccurate headline, but this is iFixit? The actual text of the article points out that just about every McDonalds franchise will be unaffected and have equally broken ice cream machines, which is why it's so weird that they contradict that in the headline.

Yeah, it lowered my confidence in them, to be honest.

Re: We can now fix McDonald's ice cream machines

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Post by lostlogin »

userbinator wrote: post #109
kelnos wrote: post #97

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Guess how the majority of farmers and rural folk wanting to fix their own equipment are leaning politically. Also the automotive aftermarket.

Assuming the people vote for the party that would help them the most would be unwise.

Re: We can now fix McDonald's ice cream machines

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Post by TheRealPomax »

PedroBatista wrote: post #93

Does anyone else thinks this is actually a great incidental marketing campaign for McDonald's? Not only the free reach but also tons of people discussing the "problems" with a big co and how to "fix" them as they are an essential part of society, and this case ice-creams. Sure we focus on the big brain things like copyright, business malpractice and MBA lore but with it comes McDonald's embedded. I know this might so…

Not if they don't now fix their machines, no. Then it's just "despite now being legal, McDonalds still refuses to fix their machine". Because remember: McDonalds is make of so much money that they could have trivially forced this though literal decades ago if they'd actually cared. Which they didn't. They could have even flat out bought the company that makes their machines. They didn't.

Re: We can now fix McDonald's ice cream machines

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Post by jabroni_salad »

listenallyall wrote: post #113
mcdow wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Been a while since I first watched the video. I would imagine the ice cream machines are a relatively small part of the McDonald's business. As evidenced by the fact that McDonalds ice cream has been an issue for quite a while. I would imagine franchises of a similar caliber to McD's also exploit their owner-operators on a similar scale because they can, we just don't necessarily hear about it because McDonalds is th…

I'd suggest the quality of McDonald's ingredients is superior than the vast majority of restaurants that rely on Sysco or US Foods. Just my opinion, I know it's not going to convince anyone whose mind is already made up about McDonald's.

aww man dont tell people about sysco. Once you learn to spot unmodified sysco foods it's impossible to stop and the illusion of sitdown restaurants is tarnished forever.

Re: We can now fix McDonald's ice cream machines

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Post by jabroni_salad »

yreg wrote: post #23

I've heard plenty of stories about the MCD ice cream machines, but it doesn't add up for me. Can someone who has more insight shed some light into this? - Are the machines listed as "broken" on https://mcbroken.com/ actually broken? Or is that more of a meme, with many just undergoing routine cleaning, etc.? - Why does this seemingly happen only in US? In European McDonald's it's pretty much unheard of. - Why would M…

i can confirm that the mcbroken website does indeed show machines as broken which are have simply been disassembled for cleaning.
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