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I prefer "Oh By"[1] codes which are actually ascii and easier to remember, pass around, and chalk up on walls/trails/streets/signs ... [1] 0x.co

• chias 7y ago
  Am I missing something? 0x.co looks basically like a simple bit.ly clone but that accepts non-urls too. You need to be online to perform a lookup, and can only look it up on 0x.co. If the website goes down, if the database gets lost, if you don't also include a "go look this up on 0x.co" note, etc. etc. the codes have no utility. These are problems that QR codes solve.
  • rsync 7y ago
    "These are problems that QR codes solve." Agreed. In fact, I don't know what people use Oh By codes for ... but they do, in fact, create them and even purchase them. I will point out that it is difficult to "tell" someone a QR code over the phone ... or shout it to them ... or chalk one of them up on a wall, etc. Oh By codes solve this problem (to whatever degree this is a problem to someone).
• vesinisa 7y ago
  That's just a service for hosting up to four kilobytes of text combined with an URL shortener. If the service provider ever decides to discontinue it, and they eventually will, all your codes will become meaningless. As are they when you don't have internet access for whatever reason. QR on the other hand can embed a similar amount of text and is always readable and independent of any single service provider.
  • rsync 7y ago
    "If the service provider ever decides to discontinue it, and they eventually will, all your codes will become meaningless." Oh By will continue to be maintained into the indefinite future. Come see in twenty years. I have a very good track record in this regard.
    • vesinisa 7y ago
      Sure, but what happens when you are no longer? Have you set up a foundation to run it?