Federal regulators want to fixMcDonalds broken ice cream machines, and theyre asking to expandright-to-repairlaws to address the issue.
The laws also make it more difficult for you to get a McFlurry.
The McDonalds broken ice cream machines have found themselves at the center of the right-to-repair movement.
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The reasonMcDonalds ice cream machines are always downis because of copyright law.
A soft-serve equipment breakdown can lead to a single restaurant losing $625 per day.
The scarcity of licensed repair technicians also means theres always a long wait time to fix a soft-serve machine.
When a Taylor ice cream machine breaks,it displays nonsensical error messages to confuse third parties.
iFixit describes McDonalds ice cream machines as a huge right-to-repair issue.
Regulators now seem to be paying more attention to these old, glaring issues.
Also on Friday, McDonalds restaurants are experiencing widespread outages around the world, according toTime.
Its resulting in many stores being temporarily closed, as staff are unable to process electronic orders.
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