The Dread Slender Gnome on Nostr: One of the reasons I essentially ditched the idea of switching to an electric car ...
One of the reasons I essentially ditched the idea of switching to an electric car when the present one needs to be moved to different pastures, was that I heard from my Finnish contacts that at least there the charging points all require a smartphone app to work. And to make it worse, there are about 4-5 different companies running the charging points, each with their own proprietary software.
I thought "well screw that".
Where I live, loyalty schemes are overwhelmingly run through smartphone apps as well. But one shop actually gave the spouse a printed out QR code on a piece of paper, which he can use to claim sales whenever he's in the shop.
I've participated in an event where you needed an app to do something with a QR code to sign in. I had to get a workaround from my contact, and it was a good deal of faffing about.
To put it short: I am NOT a fan.
I thought "well screw that".
Where I live, loyalty schemes are overwhelmingly run through smartphone apps as well. But one shop actually gave the spouse a printed out QR code on a piece of paper, which he can use to claim sales whenever he's in the shop.
I've participated in an event where you needed an app to do something with a QR code to sign in. I had to get a workaround from my contact, and it was a good deal of faffing about.
To put it short: I am NOT a fan.