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From: Chris Green <cl@isbd.net>
Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android
Subject: Re: Recognising (or not) QR codes
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2025 08:07:02 +0100
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Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:
> On 02.07.25 08:09, Chris Green wrote:
> > However my comment still stands about places that say "just scan the
> > QR code" without pointing out that you might have to install a program
> > for this to work.
> 
> 99.9% of the smartphones do exactly that out of the box without the need 
> to install additional software.
> 
Not 99.9% of the ones in our household they don't! :-)  Ok, mine is
not a mainstream one (but bought because it reputedly has very close
to 'standard' Android apps), but the other is a Moto which is pretty
'ordinary'.

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Chris Green
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