The McDonald's ice cream issue is a modern day American epidemic, and this 2-person startup Kytch tried to fix it. TL;DR They're now suing McDonald's and Taylor, the ice cream machine maker for $900M.

I am not a lawyer. If there are any erroneous statements made here, I will post a pinned comment to address them.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:49 Sparknotes of the Ice Cream issue
02:12 Who is Kytch
05:55 Did Kytch have the right to sell this to Franchises
07:39 McDonald's and Taylor act up
10:02 Kytch's potential exits pre-lawsuit
11:45 Can Kytch win this lawsuit?
12:35 Biggest Losers in this issue
13:08 Right to Repair
14:17 Is Kytch still in business?

Sources:
Wired article 1: https://www.wired.com/story/kytch-tay...
Wired article 2: https://www.wired.com/story/they-hack...
Lawsuit review: https://www.keith.law/trade-secret/mc... appears that until 2017,by an Italian company%2C Carpigiani.
Kytch website: https://kytch.com/
WSJ article: https://archive.ph/LA3sV#selection-44...
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