I honestly never understood the reflexive QR code hate, especially among U.S. techies. The earliest days had the standard adoption issues, but once scanning got baked into the default camera app on iOS and Android, those pretty much went away. When I’ve traveled outside of the U.S. and payed for train tickets or meals via QR code, the experience has always been simple and straightforward.

Nothing like a pandemic to make us rethink our priors.