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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5:Why is McDonalds still a popular brand even though everybody talks about how terrible the food is?

McDonalds is thriving more than ever now and expanding globally. But if you talk to the average person, they will probably rant about how gross the food is and how unethical the company is.
Why is McDonalds still doing so well financially, even though it is public knowledge that their foods and services isn't that great and people make fun of it all the time?
gpt
> if you talk to the average person, they will probably

Are you sure?  Have you tried talking to people about McDonald's?  Have you tried talking to *lots* of people about it?  Have you tried talking to lots of people from *different socioeconomic backgrounds*?  Have you talked to them in an environment where they will tell you what they really think rather than what they think you want to hear or what will impress other people?

> even though it is public knowledge that their foods and services isn't that great

You make a whole lot of unfounded assumptions in your post, mostly assuming that what *you* think about McD's is what *everyone* thinks.  When reality conflicts with what you believe to be true, it's time to revisit your assumptions.