Posted on 11/04/2024 8:58:00 AM PST by BenLurkin
Before this week, most of the McDonald's ice cream makers could only be fixed through the machine’s manufacturer. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which protects the code embedded in the ice cream machines, made it illegal for third parties, like McDonald’s employees and franchisee owners, to break the digital locks installed by manufacturers.
The new rule, which went into effect on Monday, allows outside vendors to fix “retail-level commercial food preparation equipment.” That includes McDonald’s ice cream machines, as 404 media journalist Jason Koebler explained to NPR’s Weekend Edition.
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Their philosophy out there was, if society broke down and the country went to hell, they could carry on as if nothing happened.
They grow their own and they can fix their own.
“They could not change a simple thing like a fuel pump with out violating a copyright law owned by the manufacturer.”
Change or replace?
How would either violate the copyright law on the SOFTWARE?
“Tell me how it improves ice cream machines over what we had 50 years ago.”
Better temperature control.
Aeration Control
Viscosity Control
Serving Size Control
Pasteurization Control
Multi-use: Soft-serve and Shakes
Early detection of problems
Enforced cleaning cycles
Not BS, for decades franchisee have been screwed over by corporate cronies getting kickbacks for making sweetheart deals with Taylor who manufactures the special machines just for MickeyD’s. Ever wonder why MickeyD’s competitors soft serve machines never seem to go down even though they are also made by Taylor? I ran MickeyD’s for decades and it was beyond rare to have a shake or soft serve machine go down, back then the Taylor machines were simple and bullet proof, that’s not the case anymore, the machines are now overly complicated and prone to failure both mechanically and software wise, and when the only people who can repair it are the ones who designed it to fail they making serious cash while the franchisees and employees are taking the abuse ffrom the customers for not getting their sugar loaded frozen treat.
They couldn’t repair their own machines? How is that allowed?
You are welcome.
The typical McD worker can barely operate the “register”.
No way they can keep the C602 clean and working.
http://tcmcd.co.s3-website-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/MANUALS/C602op0.pdf
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