iFixit tears down a McDonald’s ice cream machine, demands DMCA exemption for it

the dupes are getting out of control around here: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;hn.algolia.com&#x2F;?q=ifixit+ice+cream" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;hn.algolia.com&#x2F;?q=ifixit+ice+cream</a> and that&#x27;s above and beyond ignoring the &quot;please submit original sources&quot; in the Guidelines which would have led one to the 200+ comment thread: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=37311239">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=37311239</a>

From what I read on the internet, ice cream machines in American McDonalds restaurants are broken a lot. Why doesn&#x27;t McDonalds switch out the vendor for another one that produces working machines for purely economic reasons? Did the ice cream machine vendor bribe someone high up in the McDonalds chain of command?

We need a blanket exemption from DMCA for repair. Unauthorized bread and in this case ice cream should NOT be illegal.

McDonald&#x27;s ice cream machines are the Schrödinger&#x27;s cat of fast food. They&#x27;re both broken and not broken until you try to order a McFlurry.