They Hacked McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines—and Started a Cold War
May 10, 2021 10:31 PM   Subscribe

How one couple built a device to fix McDonald’s notoriously broken soft-serve machines—and how the fast-food giant froze them out. "But after years of studying this complex machine and its many ways of failing, O’Sullivan remains most outraged at this notion: That the food-equipment giant Taylor sells the McFlurry-squirting devices to McDonald’s restaurant owners for about $18,000 each, and yet it keeps the machines’ inner workings secret from them. What's more, Taylor maintains a network of approved distributors that charge franchisees thousands of dollars a year for pricey maintenance contracts, with technicians on call to come and tap that secret passcode into the devices sitting on their counters."
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This post was deleted for the following reason: oops, double scoop! -- taz



 
Double scoop, I'm afraid.
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 10:39 PM on May 10, 2021


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