iFixit wants Congress to let it hack McDonald’s ice cream machines::McDonald’s ice cream machines are notorious for breaking all the time, so iFixit wants to help people repair them without the help of the manufacturer.
iFixit wants Congress to let it hack McDonald’s ice cream machines::McDonald’s ice cream machines are notorious for breaking all the time, so iFixit wants to help people repair them without the help of the manufacturer.
Let me introduce you to lobbying, and also hiring some lawyers to argue in the company’s favor.
Damn, I really wish you hadn’t
Yeah, I wish it wasn’t such a big factor weighed so heavily in McDonald’s favor.
It actually doesn’t help or harm McDonald’s Corporate at all on this issue. That’s why they’ve been fine with the status quo. It would help McDonald’s franchisees quite a bit, so I suspect McDonald’s won’t send lobbyists to deal with what they view as a non-issue.
Taylor, the manufacturer of the machines on the other hand stands to lose a significant percentage of the profits they currently make, and absolutely does have a dog in this fight. Thankfully they don’t have McDonald’s type funding, so it’s possible that we can win this one.
A company like iFixit you mean? Both sides can play that game. I’ll grant you that McDonalds probably have more money to burn on bribes but still.
Based on a quick search, iFixit’s revenue is around 50m a year while McDonald’s is 24 billion. It’s not even comparable lol