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er4hn ◴[] No.27671788[source]
As a counterpoint, QR code menus work very well in China. I've been to places where you scan the code to open a menu that lets you place all your orders. You can also pay for your table via per table QR codes.

As a side note, you don't customarily tip in restaurants in China, so a non high-end place with good food will typically have rushed and curt wait staff. Ordering through the phone will give you a better experience!

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dheera ◴[] No.27672273[source]
Also because WeChat scans QR codes very fast, and you have to only hit 1 tap to do the whole thing. Once WeChat sees a QR it opens the link immediately and automatically.

The ordering also makes it more useful. Most restaurants in US just have a horrible HTML 1.0 menu with no ordering system, no pictures, and sometimes even goddamn frames.

With default Android it's like Home -> swipe -> camera -> 模式 -> 智慧鏡頭 and then point at the QR code while trying to tap the link that pops up as a tiny tooltip on the screen at the same time without making it go out of focus at the same time. It's awful.

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1. Liquid_Fire ◴[] No.27673617[source]
I don't have stock Android on my phone so this may be a feature my manufacturer has added, but I'm pretty sure you can press the shutter button instead of clicking on the popup to open the QR code.

Also, as others have pointed out, with Firefox you can scan and open a QR core in two taps, so no need to go to the camera app at all.