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Barcodes are about to go extinct

107 points · 151 comments · rmason

  1. shpx · · focus · HN ↗
    QR codes are really ugly artifacts, completely inhuman. It would be better and more technologically advanced if instead we had really good OCR for a printed text code or skip product codes entirely and scanners just use vision to see what the object is.
    1. calmworm · · focus · HN ↗
      The trajectory of this is heavily optimized packaging design, isn’t it? Which overshoots simple codes integrated with any design.
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