Why Are the Ice Cream Machines Always McBroken?

The ice cream machines at McDonald's locations seem to be down so often, it’s become a social media meme. However, there may be some truth behind the McBroken meme. To find out more, The 21st spoke to a technology reporter about this cold case of failing ice cream machines and what’s behind it. 

Guest:

Andy Greenberg, Senior Writer for WIRED and author of Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt For Kremlin’s Most Dangerous Hackers

40 minutes to wait to check out at @meijer. To literally cool myself down, I went to get a milkshake at @McDonalds and of course, the ice cream machine is down. #winning

— kaz (@kazmiramaru) June 15, 2021

Prepared for web by Zainab Qureshi

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