My sister used some random free QR generator to open your email app with a “to/subject” filled out. There was no sign up and she didn’t know to check to QR code itself. Instead of being a normal QR code (QR codes support the email case directly, as part of the “spec”) it was a link to the QR company’s website that immediately bounced you to the the right url to open your email.
After a month or so they emailed her (using the email address she entered for the code) and told her to pay up or the code would stop working.
These people are scum. Make it clear it’s not a standalone QR Code (and there are potential upsides to this, to be fair, like updating where the qr code points) and don’t bait and switch.
My sister used some random free QR generator to open your email app with a “to/subject” filled out. There was no sign up and she didn’t know to check to QR code itself. Instead of being a normal QR code (QR codes support the email case directly, as part of the “spec”) it was a link to the QR company’s website that immediately bounced you to the the right url to open your email.
After a month or so they emailed her (using the email address she entered for the code) and told her to pay up or the code would stop working.
These people are scum. Make it clear it’s not a standalone QR Code (and there are potential upsides to this, to be fair, like updating where the qr code points) and don’t bait and switch.