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iFixit wants Congress to let it hack McDonald’s ice cream machines (www.theverge.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I used to work for Taylors competition Electrofreeze as a refrigeration repair tech. if Taylor is anything like Electrofreeze it was (going back 7 years) $265 just for me to walk into the door. If you forgot to flip a switch and that's all I had to do, $265 please.

I imagine they make a lot of money off of that. Plus marking up parts... $600 compressor we would sell for $2000.

I really enjoyed fixing things for people, I just hated having to hit them over the head with the service charge when they didn't really need service :/