India, Aug. 11 -- McDonald's hash browns dominated online chatter the past week, with many complaining about increasing prices impacting everything - including the fried potato dish.

All this began when a person on Threads posted that how could McDonald's be charging $4.35 for a hash brown.

So, is McDonald's charging four dollars for a hash brown? Here's the truth.

The post, it turned out, was made by someone in Australia, so when they wrote $4.35, it was Australian dollars (AUD). This translates to around $2.82 in the US.

In the US, McDonald's allows franchisees to set prices depending on local conditions, like rent and labor, Washington Post noted. Thus, there is no fixed single price of hash browns across the country. Typically, ar...