Why do people fall for this?

[trogluur@social.linux.pizza]

@revk they probably used one of the qr code generator websites. This is how they often make their money. I've worked with people who legitimately thought something about the QR codes themselves cost money because of these scammy sites.

[rogerbw@discordian.social]

@revk "ooh, can you do that?" "Can you do it for me?"

[neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk]

@BenCotterill @revk I quite like QR codes.

[bencotterill@mastodon.social]

@neil @revk I quite like easily readable and rememberable URLs

[neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk]

@BenCotterill @revk Yep, both have their place.

[jelte@mastodon.nl]

@revk because most people don't know that a qr code is just some text in reliably scannable form. They think it's some complicated magic thing that requires Services.

[kitten_tech@fosstodon.org]

@revk a similar thing that saddens me is shop/van signs saying "https://joes-garden-services.com/ joesgarden2241@gmail.com"... You've got that lovely domain, why not use it for email?

[bencotterill@mastodon.social]

@neil @revk Only time I can see the need for a QR is for something very specific.

I.e. I am vegetarian and coeliac. So for the hundredth time I will be told that the only thing I can eat is a tiny overpriced bowl of olives.

[jonossaseuraava@post.ebin.club]

@jelte
@revk
Same deal with rest of tech as well

[neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk]

@BenCotterill @revk

I prefer to see a QR code alongside the information contained within it, rather than just the QR code, but as an easy means of transferring data, I like QR codes.

[bencotterill@mastodon.social]

@neil @revk I prefer the staff to know it off by heart. I did.

[neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk]

@BenCotterill @revk We are still talking about a shop window, right?

[bencotterill@mastodon.social]

@neil @revk Yeah.

[woe2you@beige.party]

@neil @BenCotterill @revk And the place for QR codes is the bin. I'd rather pick up and reuse needles from the ground than follow a link that could be pointing literally anywhere because it's not human readable.

[guardeddon@mas.to]

@kitten_tech @revk
… while most of Joe’s online ‘traffic’ goes via a Facebook page. Where everything’s an image (& not a scrap of alt-text). I despair!

[revk@toot.me.uk]

@woe2you @neil @BenCotterill My iphone shows me the domain before I follow the link.

[neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk]

@revk @woe2you @BenCotterill

Same here on Android.

As I say, I prefer to see the content separately, but I appreciate the convenience of a QR code.

[rogerbw@discordian.social]

@neil @revk @woe2you @BenCotterill Of course, this is another reason to show the code for mycompany.co.uk rather than dodgyintermediaries.com.

[revk@toot.me.uk]

@RogerBW @neil @woe2you @BenCotterill Indeed.

[neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk]

@revk @woe2you @BenCotterill

But I am, I suppose, coming at this from the perspective of a QR code for a URL *where the actual URL of the target* is in the QR code. Not some "QR-code-as-a-service" proxy.

But then I feel the same about link shorteners etc., for plain text URLs: just show me the actual destination.