> Tip bar staff [...] Scan and shop anywhere [...] digital public transportation cards
The thing that surprises me here isn't the success of QR codes, but the failure of NFC (and to a lesser extent Bluetooth) which was practically designed for paying with your phone.
How did NFC lose out to QR codes at the application it was designed for? Was it a reliability problem? Were the APIs too locked-down for anyone to be able to work with them?
The thing that surprises me here isn't the success of QR codes, but the failure of NFC (and to a lesser extent Bluetooth) which was practically designed for paying with your phone.
How did NFC lose out to QR codes at the application it was designed for? Was it a reliability problem? Were the APIs too locked-down for anyone to be able to work with them?