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the modern qr code life: addendum

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By using QR codes, restaurant owners offloaded the price of printing a menu to the customer: yet another tiny but certainly hidden cost. I recognize its advantages: the URL doesn't need to change making the menu itself flexible.
But I absolutely resent the trend towards relying on bad habits of bringing your smartphone to the dining table. If this is the modern QR code life, then I want the ancient "let me tell you what's on the menu" or vintage "here's a tangible thing that tells you what the menu is" life back.
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Addendum: While thinking about the implications of smartphone requirements, I completely disregarded two very important topics: **accessibility** and **privacy**! We seem to prefer interaction with shoddy interfaces on small screens where different browser and OS versions all add to the complexity of simply rendering a restaurant menu instead of reducing it. Furthermore, to use the WalkUp app, you of course have to exchange your precious data. Why?