Ah, yes, it is even worse when you compare areas. I think the quiet zone is a recommendation and not a strict requirement, so being able to reduce or share the

Ah, yes, it is even worse when you compare areas. I think the quiet zone is a recommendation and not a strict requirement, so being able to reduce or share the quiet zone is not very surprising. I'm more curious that the valid QR code is bounded with finder patterns so the quiet zone doesn't seem necessary (those patterns are optimized for linear scanning by maintaining 1:1:3:1:1 black-white-b-w-b ratios across all axes, so you don't need any additional quiet zone in principle).