Frustrating people create posters/leaflets/images with a QR code as the *only* way to find out more. That deliberately excludes people without QR code readers. It also opens up an attack vector; as there is no URL for a human to double check against it is easy for someone to stick an alternative QR code on top.
I'm glad that LNER took my advice a few years ago and now provide the URL in addition. Plenty of others could follow their lead.
This post brought to you by an unusable leaflet.
Stuart :progress_pride:
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