Its not really about the taste - its about the speed and convenience. If you want good food, you make your own. If you just finished a shift in a particularly back-breaking job, and hate cooking, then its a chance to relax rather than spending another half hour or more cooking.

the speed and convenience.

Is even true?

Relative to cooking a similar meal, absolutely. Getting McDonalds takes like 5 mins. Less if ordering for delivery or pickup. If I want to cook myself a burger its probably going to take me like 40 minutes to makes and fry the burger, and prepare toppings. Im sure a good chef could do it much faster, but thats not me, and esspecially not after a full work day.

Don’t forget the time and effort to clean too

I gotta say, I fucking hate doing dishes. I’m not sure what it is about it, but I just have this almost irrational dislike for washing dishes (especially pots+ pans). Sure, I’ll do it when it needs to be done, but my God do I dread it. Is there something wrong with me? Oh absolutely, but there’s plenty else to fix before the dishes issue lol