Re: McBroken

On 11/4/2024 12:25 PM, Auric Hellman wrote:

On 11/3/2024 8:40 PM, JAB wrote:.

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Before this week, most of the McDonald's ice cream makers could only
be fixed through the machine's manufacturer.
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The new rule, which went into effect on Monday, allows outside vendors
to fix "retail-level commercial food preparation equipment."

 In other words, now some kid making minimum wage will have to learn how to fix the machine instead a skilled technician earning union wages.

No, not quite, they've just opened up to more affordable third party repair options.  McDonald's used to have normal soft serve machines, but attempted to modernize franchises with the fancy digital machines several years ago, which go out for maintenance frequently.  That was a poor business decision, because they were then stuck with paying for proprietary repairmen $$$ ... Now, they can hire any repair service to work on the machines, not whatever company made them and locked them into some proprietary repair agreement (much like Apple computers).