Dear people who have recently discovered QR codes,

QR codes can be very useful. They are particularly useful when they are printed out and stuck around the place. Or even on a slide on a presentation so people can access the info on their personal device.

QR codes are NOT useful on a social media post or a website that people access on their own device because if you are looking at it on your phone you cannot scan it with your phone. Just post the bloody link!

@urbanfoxe

if you are looking at it on your phone you cannot scan it with your phone

screenshot → share → Google Lens. for degoogled phones, share to this app instead. for linux phones, this app detects a qr code directly on a screenshot immediately (or you could just pick an image out of downloads). for iphones, idk ask siri or something, i dont have any iphones to try this on.

its the matter of tools really. are you ready for everyone to throw qr codes at you? if your phone has a qr code decoder on it, theres an 80% chance that said decoder can handle a jpeg instead of your camera feed.

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@gravitos I have never met a QR code worth that effort.