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marapuru ◴[] No.27675145[source]
I've had a waiter looking at me puzzled why my phone wasn't able to scan a QR code. I told him already that my camera wasn't able to. But I had to open the camera in front of him.

- "Have you tried rotating the camera?"

- "Try zooming in and out"

- "Why don't you download a QR code app!?"

These questions / remarks were placed by him while showing him it really didn't work.

When I told him I didn't want to download a QR scanner application due to privacy reasons he left with an even more puzzled face as before, to walk inside and finally bring me a paper menu.

These f*cking QR-codes _made_ me an annoying customer.

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m-p-3 ◴[] No.27675221[source]
I seriously hope Google pushes their OEM to include QR code support in the builtin camera app.

This should be a default feature.

That said, if you want a privacy-friendly QR Code reader app on Android, Binary Eye is my recommendation.

GitHub: https://github.com/markusfisch/BinaryEye

Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.markusfisch...

F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/packages/de.markusfisch.android.binaryey...

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1. wodenokoto ◴[] No.27675406[source]
> This should be a default feature.

A decade ago. This should have been a default feature a decade ago. Feature phones had QR code readers in the first half of the 00s. QR codes had a worldwide resurgence in the early 10s and now again in the early 20s.

How this is not a default feature is absolutely crazy.