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Federal regulators want to fix McDonald's broken ice cream machines, and they're asking to expand right-to-repair laws to address the issue. In a letter to the U.S. Copyright Office on Thursday, regulators asked for commercial soft-serve machines to be exempt from current laws making them difficult to repair. The laws also make it more difficult for you to get a McFlurry.
"In the Agencies' view, renewing and expanding repair-related exemptions would promote competition in markets for replacement parts, repair, and maintenance services," said the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission in a joint letter.
The McDonald's broken ice cream machines have found themselves at the center of the right-to-repair movement. The reason McDonald's ice cream machines are always down is because of copyright law. Only technicians licensed by the company that made the device are allowed to touch the machines, and they charge over $300 for a 15-minute servicing, according to the letter. The DOJ and the FTC identified commercial soft-serve machines as one of four device categories that would benefit from an easing of copyright laws.
(Score: 1, Offtopic) by janrinok on Friday July 05 2024, @02:00PM (4 children)
I have supported your right to say what you wish in your journal. I have argued with others here that your right to express yourself remains a right that I, and this site, support. You can say whatever you wish in your journal. Just do not bring it to the front page stories.
Nobody is trying to silence you. Where have I said that? You do not endanger the site. I requested that you leave your political views for your journal. You are the one that has blown it out of all proportion IMO (again). You could have just let my comment be and this would have been finished.
I know that others found your comment funny - so did I. I acknowledged that humour has a place on this site. However, it is a slippery slope. If we allow you to start with little things such as an out-of-place joke then others will respond. You will possibly make further similar political statements. After all, nobody said anything after your previous one. I nipped it in the bud. it stopped. Please don't do it again.
It does not matter what your motives are for making political jibes. If it results in the same thing that others wished to achieve such as turning people away from the site then it will have the same result. Leave the front page stories alone, please.
I am not treating you as an enemy. But you are currently too sensitive. You object even to polite requests given in private via Admin-to-User messages. There isn't meant to be a way for you to respond to them other than email. Use it.
Ah, so you like some jokes but not others? That is exactly how people feel about your political sniping. It is great fun to you, but others just want to have a site where they can have intelligent discussions. That is also a problem with humour - it can be misinterpreted. But I didn't publish mine. I thought you would see it for what it was. I am disappointed but perhaps not surprised.
I want you to enjoy being on the site. I want you to participate as much as you wish without driving others away. If what you are saying is on-topic then fine. The discussion was about McDonald's broken ice cream machines about which some people have made informative comments which explain how the company forces the franchisees to fit the machines, but also has a second company that charges exorbitant prices to repair them. The Federal Regulators are arguing that the 'right-to-repair' the machine is being blocked. They are both topics (business / liberties) that we regularly discuss. It has absolutely nothing to do with your Presidents - current or past. It is NOT a political topic.
I, along with other staff, are being entirely transparent. We have made our aims and intentions clear. They have been published. We do not want political comments anywhere that they do not belong. But if you want to continue this discussion then you had better be prepared to use emails. This is Off-Topic. I will moderate myself accordingly.
[nostyle RIP 06 May 2025]
(Score: 1) by Runaway1956 on Friday July 05 2024, @02:03PM (3 children)
That is what I have told you, in emails, and elsewhere. Stop policing me.
“I have become friends with many school shooters” - Tampon Tim Walz
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by Azuma Hazuki on Saturday July 06 2024, @01:24AM (2 children)
Will you just shut the fuck up and take your L like a big boy? It's not the end of the world.
Maybe, and I know this is asking the impossible, sit down and do some self-reflection. Ask yourself "am I, Runaway1956, so vile that the administrator of a site created around free speech uber alles sees the need to publicly humiliate me? And if so, what can I do to improve?" Yeah, probably not happening but a girl can dream right...?
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 0, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Saturday July 06 2024, @11:57AM (1 child)
One word: no.
Free speech uber alles is history, ask jan. What happened to AC posting? And, no, I don't need to "improve", so you just keep dreaming. Don't you have a queer pride to attend? Don't you want to watch naked men prancing among the children, with their junk hanging at eyeball height of the children? Just look at this little girl committing a hate crime against queers https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/heartbreaking-photo-young-girl-covers-her-eyes-as-nude-men-walk-past-during [lifesitenews.com]
“I have become friends with many school shooters” - Tampon Tim Walz
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Saturday July 06 2024, @11:11PM
I've actually never been to any sort of Pride event and find the entire concept baffling. It seems like a stupid idea to make people think you're any more bizarre than they already do, but what do I know...?
That said, what does that have to do with Jan giving you a well-deserved public spanking and you whining and crying like a spoiled little toddler about it? The more you bitch, the worse it's gonna sting, bottom boy :D
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...