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Not everything needs a goddamn app.
Also, no I'm not gonna scan the QR code to look at the menu. Luckily, I've never had a resturant decline a request for a physical menu.
Also, web pages that keep trying to force you to use the app if you access them on a smartphone, but then the app only has half the functionality of the web page
Half the functionality that you see. Behind the scenes, it's working like crazy tracking everything you do.
the app only has half the functionality of the web page
... and all the ads, that I can't block outside the browser
PiHole
that's beyond my IT skills, but AdGuard fortunately works for most apps
With unbound
Can't really run one outside of your home network.it also requires people to set up a bit of hardware and change the DNS records in their routers, not a everyone is up for that. Especially those who just use whatever their ISP gives them.
If you have a VPN, it's trivial to point it at your pihole to get the benefits of both on the go, I agree it's not for everyone but you really dislike ads and tracking, there's little better out there to protect you and the barrier to entry is pretty low, though not zero.
And the website runs like dogshit on a mobile for no discernible reason
Obviously you should be scanning the QR codes with your laptop, duh. /s
The app is usually just a PWA with extra side code to mine your phone.
QR codes are great. Make a website that pays money to your bank account when people enter their credit card details and leave the QR code on top of other QR codes like the ones to pay for parking.
Its a crazy simple scam. Sure you might not fall for it but someone will.
Oh wow I just replied that QR codes for stuff like menus is nice, but for paying ? That is a terrible idea lol. Never seen one in the wild though.
In the UK a lot of them take you to a site that you order the food from and that includes payment. Replacing it with your own QR code is very easy.
It's like fishing.
I agree about the apps thing but QR code menus are fine imo. Beats having to decipher a sometimes outdated, damaged, dirty physical menu with a terrible print.
QR codes are a huge problem in contexts like this, because they are easy to overwrite and impossible for a human to verify the legitimacy of.
This means anyone with a sticker printer could slap a malicious QR code over the genuine one, and you won't know until you've already scanned it. This could easily take you to a clone of the restaurant's website for example, that instead steals your passwords or bank details.
Why is a paper menu the hill you choose?
It's just easier and simpler. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Besides, I don't want to dig my phone, open it, and have to turn off a 1900 'legitimate interest' switches or get told to download an app and let them install a camera in my ass.