Comment on McDonald’s Ice Cream Machine Hackers Say They Found the ‘Smoking Gun’ That Killed Their Startup
Diplomjodler@feddit.de 9 months ago
McDonald’s is a real estate company. Their business model is to extract the maximum amount of profit it is their franchisees, which are for the most part also their tenants. Nonetheless I don’t really see the logic of acting so blatantly against the interests of their franchisees and customers. Unless of course they get huge kickbacks from the manufacturer.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
They own the manufacturer and their “tenants” have to pay the manufacturer for repairs.
prole@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Maybe you’re new to this story, but the entire point is that the machines have been purposely kept out of order.
It’s an actual, legit conspiracy and worth looking into
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
The machines are intentionally hard to keep in order, there’s a difference. They’re obligated to buy those machines by corporate, error codes can’t be read, menus make no sense and so on and instructions are unclear so the machines keep breaking, the owners keep having to pay to get them repaired. In the end McDonald’s make money by indirectly offering them a paid service that they made essential by forcing them to use a specific product.
I’m perfectly familiar with the story.
prole@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
So then I don’t really understand your previous comment. Obviously it’s far more complicated than: 'They will do it because if they don’t, they’ll make less money."