Talk:The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000/@comment-87.54.33.238-20120217135915/@comment-121.220.36.127-20120227201404

^Just adding to my comment above:

They could even have a final scene where the machine is working, but the majority of people still line up for the 'traditional' stuff, with the automated system to for people wanting more than one mug, or for those who prefer it.

The Apple family could also modify it to utilise earth ponies (perhaps with the excuse the sorting mechanism isn't reliant on magic, only the apple scoop/vacuum [apples dumped manually], conveying belt & barrel packer [BM + volunteers on treadmill]), either due to a worldview that earth ponies shouldn't rely on unicorn magic (perfectly in character for Ponyville), customers prefer it made with more physical labour (reasonable for a society used to that sort of thing, especially one that likes the Apple family), or that magic is involved, and makes the cider taste better (after Zap-Apples, that's also a plausible, if somewhat contrived reason).