It has been a long road for McDonald’s ice cream machines, and it hasn’t always been sweet. But now, the story of the eternally broken McDonald’s ice cream machine finally has a happy ending. You see, ...

Ice cream machines at McDonald's famously break frequently. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to journalist Jason Koebler from 404 Media about a new exemption that allows third parties to fix them. Do you ever ...

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The U.S. government wants to make it easier to fix McDonald’sMCD-0.40%decrease; red down pointing triangle ice-cream machines, whose problems have for years annoyed lovers of the McFlurry. Frequent ...

The popular e-commerce site iFixit wants Congress to allow it to fix the chronically broken ice cream machines used at McDonald’s franchises. The move comes a year after a couple sued the fast food ...

McDonald’s soft-serve ice cream machines are regularly broken, and it’s not just your perception. When repair vendor and advocate iFixit was filming a video about the topic, it checked tracking map ...