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It feels to me like QR codes for public use have completely died. They exploded about 5 years ago while people would just scan marketing posters for the gimmick
by Polylactic_acid 6y ago
It feels to me like QR codes for public use have completely died. They exploded about 5 years ago while people would just scan marketing posters for the gimmick of scanning a qr code but I doubt anyone does that anymore.
- EE84M3i 6y agoA lot of people in the US don't even know how to scan a QR code, and for the longest time (maybe still now?) the most popular mobile phone OSes didn't come with a built-in scanner.
- nradov 6y agoThe last several generations of Samsung phones have had QR code scanning built into the camera app.
- Polylactic_acid 6y agoFrom what I can tell, Android can't by default and iOS can but I think its disabled by default.
- astura 6y agoMy pixel can scan qr codes by default through the camera
- Polylactic_acid 6y agoAh interesting. I used a pixel for a while and I never knew that was a feature so I assume most users don't either.
- 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y agoI presume you're talking about America, since I can assure you that in Asia QR codes are alive and well. In China in particular everything is done with QR.
- Polylactic_acid 6y agoI'm talking about Australia here but I imagine its the same in both countries. QR codes used to be on every poster but now the only place I see them is on the front of the apple store so you don't have to walk in (which is a process right now) I think what killed them here is that android didn't bundle a qr code scanner by default and they never contained anything that the user actually wanted, they were just for marketers to get people on their site.