> You don't need an app to accept online payments. Right, but does it matter if it’s an app or a website? > There are indeed pay machines, and removing them i

> You don't need an app to accept online payments. Right, but does it matter if it’s an app or a website? > There are indeed pay machines, and removing them is only a profit-squeezing play by the operators. Yes, and? > You also never need the QR code. It's only provided as a "convenience". And in fact they usually also provide a way to pay by phone (see illustrative picture in article). Of course you don’t need a QR code specifically, but you probably need some kind of URL (which can then be imitated by the scammer) so everyone can pay. > So these are all issues created by bad engineering and operators trying to squeeze as much as they can without consideration for the users. I wouldn’t call it bad engineering, it’s a tradeoff. Either expensive machines for every parking space or a simple sign with a QR code.