I've been writing about NFC and QR codes for over a decade.

[bencurthoys@mastodon.social]

@Edent Yeah that was the point at which I stopped seeing the point. At least from a ticketing perspective.

If they had a way of printing an antenna that in some way encoded a number that would be the equivalent of a barcode then I could be into that, but just a static antenna seemed less useful to me. Basically what he was doing at a ticketing conference was wandering round saying "I've invented this thing, can anyone think of anything it's useful for?"

[bencurthoys@mastodon.social]

@Edent https://agitoasia.com/ is the outfit.

[johnmclear@mastodon.green]

@Edent IDK if you know this but..

1. The OS providers (apple/google) knee capped NFC then installed themselves as the gatekeepers it by smart-tap and VAS.

2. They OS providers are now trying to figure out a way to make NFC "useful" again with Aliro.

Essentially introducing the Secure Element to the phone hardware meant a huge moat was created between normal devs and the OS providers.

Ironically, my most recent phone doesn't even have NFC, I just use my ring to make payments..

[witewulf@cyberplace.social]

@Edent suspect this will be heavily biased by iOS effectively not supporting NFC, and QR being platform agnostic

[edent@mastodon.social]

@WiteWulf I'm pretty sure modern iOS devices can. I've certainly had people scan my various tags with their iPhones and it pops up Safari.

[witewulf@cyberplace.social]

@Edent ah, cool, didn’t know that had changed. AIUI the hardware has been capable for a while, but Apple heavily restricted who was able to use it; basically governments, ID cards, that sort of thing.

[deadliftbear@mas.to]

@Edent probably NFC slightly more, as my gym uses an NFC reader to open the entry gate

[lariscusobscurus@wien.rocks]

@Edent I would have said NFC, but since the question excludes tap-to-pay, my use of both QR and NFC is probably about the same, which is practically nonexistent.

[m0yng@mastodon.radio]

@Edent I've got a bunch of NFC tags around the house, they're connected to Home Assistant to do things like turn on/off my desk/washing machine, trigger automations like bedtime light sequence (turn off one immediately then another later), reset the cat feeder counter etc.

I also have NFC tags on my 3d printing filament so the printer knows what colour and type are installed (using https://github.com/DnG-Crafts/ACE-RFID)

[makary@meowing.men]

@Edent@mastodon.social @M0YNG@mastodon.radio

There's an app to top-up my public transport card via NFC - https://leapcard.ie/ - the entire country uses it I presume…

[nico42@mastodon.social]

@Edent I’m fairly biased because I am an NFC app developer. I see the problem with NFC tags as well and yes in the wild you see far more QR codes. Since Covid everyone knows them and how to use them. NFC is hidden. The coolest use case is still the business card with an NFC chip. It just gives another layer of interaction. QR codes in general look ugly and are not nice when you want a good looking design.

[bix@chaos.social]

@deadliftbear @Edent the question is if I read it correctly about nfc with your phone, so are you entering with your phone?

[bix@chaos.social]

@jamesb @Edent but not with your phone, right?

[jamesb@fedi.duckduckpigeon.co.uk]

@bix Occasionally. We have the option of using a card or using a phone app. I prefer my card but sometimes if I forget it I will resort to the phone app. @Edent

[nico42@mastodon.social]

@Edent lately I’m working on a Pokemon like collecting game with NFC tags which you couldn’t do with QR codes. I saw something similar on a congress and I thought that is cool and I want to amplify the concept. It basically is 38x38 pixel art designs that can be shared. Making the game that works and is fun is actually the hard part: https://mastodon.social/@nico42/115965004795991678

[nico42@mastodon.social]

@Edent https://mastodon.social/@nico42/115974945854508379

[deadliftbear@mas.to]

@bix @Edent yes, I unlock the gate using an app

[bix@chaos.social]

@deadliftbear @Edent but that’s probably not nfc either Bluetooth or Internet

[derickr@phpc.social]

@spacehobo @Edent Works with that too (I use it weekly), but the curious thing is that the NFC chip on the Fairphone 5 is in the middle of the device, and not at the top, which is a little surprising and confusing.

[deadliftbear@mas.to]

@bix @Edent definitely not internet. It could be BT but I’m sure it’s worked when I’ve had BT off.