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Moscow Bans QR Codes in Billboards Over Navalny’s Anti-Putin Campaign (www.themoscowtimes.com)
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[–] CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 26 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Barcodes that can accept text (Besides QR):

  • Aztec
  • Data Matrix
  • Code 128
  • PDF417
[–] spamspeicher@feddit.de 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Most Barcode scanners included in Android and iOS can't read them though. I know at least for Data Matrix, only a few scanners can handle them.

[–] CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I hate that the OG barcode scanner doesn't work on my pixel anymore.

Another useful Google app killed.

[–] spamspeicher@feddit.de 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I use Binary Eye now, no ads, free and open source. It is built on zxing. I was a bit pissed when zxing scanner stopped working a few years ago. All the alternatives where ad infested crap back then.

[–] CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Thanks for the recommendation! Yeah I can't stand the ad infested barcode readers now. I've actually considered buying a dedicated Bluetooth barcode reader.