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I'm not convinced that it'd be any harder or more expensive to print a series of unique QR codes onto objects than to use NFC chips. The heavy use of (granted,

I'm not convinced that it'd be any harder or more expensive to print a series of unique QR codes onto objects than to use NFC chips. The heavy use of (granted, not strictly QR) 2D barcodes in physical mail/shipping suggests it's both useful and cost effective.

hvidgaard 9y ago
Indeed, but they are already printing a label for every parcel, and they used barcodes long before NFC tags was a thing. They already have hardware and tooling in place for it, so unless NFC will save them a significant amount of money it makes no sense to switch. Think of a stockroom. When you get new inventory, you put on an NFC tag on every item, and then you have to register each which is just one sweep. With QR/barcodes you either have to register and then print and put on the items, or you have to scan each individually after. Both NFC and QR have strengths and weaknesses. I'm certain that we will see both utilized more and more.