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1. pastel8739 · 1790972590 · focus · HN ↗

   What do people find interesting about this? This doesn’t seem at all significant to me

   1. giarc · 1790974746 · focus · HN ↗

      I have a few apps on my phone for which the only purpose is to open and bring up a barcode (ex. Tim Hortons Scan and Pay). I'd love to delete the app and only have an Apple Wallet thing.

      1. rjh29 · 1790975121 · focus · HN ↗

         Starbucks on Google can be added to Google Wallet. But then I went to use it and they told me to close wallet and open the app. Shrug.

         I've had patchy success with adding boarding passes to the wallet too. Support seems half baked.

         1. mahboi · 1790976551 · focus · HN ↗

            That's funny. I've paid at Starbucks with a screenshot plenty of times, but they probably thought it was the real app.

            1. rpdillon · 1790986346 · focus · HN ↗

               I was going to say, I scan screenshots of passes/codes all the time, including airplanes and busses. I haven't tried a photo, but I feel like there's a good shot it would work just fine. I wonder if a gallery app could be a poor man's pass app.

               1. mahboi · 1790988045 · focus · HN ↗

                  The wallet app is honestly foreign to me, I just have QR codes in my camera roll
               2. lawsthro0532 · 1790989215 · focus · HN ↗

                  In China I was surprised a few years ago when my train ticket did not work like this. Needed data on to do a live update of the QR code, or something live in any case.

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