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Does anyone have a sense of what percentage of the smartphone-owning population actually knows what QR codes are and would bother to scan them? I'm as technica
by tempestn 13y ago
Does anyone have a sense of what percentage of the smartphone-owning population actually knows what QR codes are and would bother to scan them? I'm as technically savvy as your average HN reader I would think, and I ignored the things for years before finally spending the 2 minutes to learn what they are. It's always made me assume that the average person wouldn't bother with them.
- BinaryBrainz 13y agoApparently it is around 20% - http://gizmodo.com/5969312/how-qr-codes-work-and-why-they-suck-so-hard http://gizmodo.com/5969312/how-qr-codes-work-and-why-they-su... (paragraph 8). I would imagine this might be a tad optimistic, mainly due to their use being limited to only a few forms of advertisement (print being the main one). The only time I can remember using a QR code was when I watched a stream of the Google I/O 2010 conference and they showed one to get a CR-48 chromebook. Needless to say, that QR code will forever be my favorite one.