A coalition of right-to-repair activists is petitioning the U.S. government for the legal right to hack and repair McDonald’s notoriously unreliable ice cream machines.
404 Media reports that a group spearheaded by iFixit and the nonprofit organization Public Knowledge has taken the fight for repair rights in a delicious new direction — fast-food ice cream machines. The coalition has formally petitioned the Librarian of Congress, seeking permission to hack into McDonald’s McFlurry machines for the purpose of repair. “This is a request to expand the repair exemption for consumer electronic devices to include commercial industrial equipment such as automated building management systems and industrial equipment,” the petition states.
The group took the time to dissect a Taylor ice cream machine, the brand used in…
