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sof
@mofu.run

it's kind of crazy to think about how modern public transports are moving to QR code validation for some kind of tickets, but like, with the user as the source and the terminal has a camera and you're supposed to shove the qr code there???

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lottie
@lottievixen.xyz

moving to? i feel like its been this way for quite a while in the UK and Australia moved to miFare cards in most major cities iirc a long time ago but yeah thread.. yep yep whole thing

sof
@mofu.run

well, at least around here that definitely wasn't the case until very recently

lottie
@lottievixen.xyz

fair, also at least in the UK, loyalty apps are the same go to Greggs, scan QR code from phone to their reader i guess one reason for not having consumer be user device... sniping? also readers existed prior in this usecase for reading member cards public transit doesnt have that excuse

sof
@mofu.run

oh, yeah, for loyalty apps and things like concerts that has been the case everywhere for a while, I think? it makes sense there too, I guess? public transit just feels different since it's something you often need to scan multiple times a day

sof
@mofu.run

like, not only the qr codes themselves feel kind of an archaic solution, but also, WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE TERMINAL IS THE CONSUMER 💀

sof
@mofu.run

I know cameras are cheap nowadays, but this is such a janky solution in so many ways

sof
@mofu.run

if qr codes really are the way to go, wouldn't it make more sense for the terminal to be the producer and always have newly generated qr code on a display you can scan using your phone? just like we already do with payments

sof
@mofu.run

except this doesn't work with paper tickets, so I guess there's that and I hate everything about this so much

maelstrom
@maelstrom.dev

I mean, if i had to choose this over not being able to access tickets on my rooted phone I'll take it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Though to be honest paper tickets are also nice as a fallback

sof
@mofu.run

try drawing this one then, it would probably work without issues