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iFixit Tears Down McDonald's McFlurry Machine, Petitions Government for Right to Hack Them
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Eh not necessarily. It's a common joke, and ifixit gets publicity both for their own brand and for right to repair out of it
Edit: unless you meant they're getting something out of it being so locked down, in which case yeah. Corporate basically gets to pass the costs down to individual franchisees even more