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McDonald's Ice Cream Machines, Break Often, Intentionally A Pain to Diagnose, and Impossible to Fix (www.ifixit.com)
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iFixit tears down a Taylor ice cream machine and finds that it overheats often, takes hours to restart, and these issues are impossible to fix because of locked down software and terrible error messages. No wonder, since Taylor makes 25% of its money charging $315 per 15 minutes for their exclusive repairs.

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[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

In bad system, things break on purpose, are never repaired, and it's all for the benefit of corrupt middlemen. joker-amerikkklap

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