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My company uses them in its print assets like billboards, posters, and transit ads.

I see them all the time in commercial text messages, like from things I've subscribed to, or delivery alerts so I can track the pizza guy.

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Do they use QR codes in addition to the shortened URLs? I’ve always wondered why QR code’s haven’t caught on more. Especially for things where the objective to access information more convenient than fat-fingering.

QR codes are everywhere! They're on a lot more foods and such than they used to be even 5 years ago. French's mustard has one, Barq's Root Beer cans have one. A lot of electronics I buy have a card in the box with a QR code to get to the company's site.

It's a shame the Netflix app on smart TVs doesn't show one for login.

Rather than awkwardly typing in my username and password through a remote control, I should be able to open the Netflix app on my phone and scan the qr code.

T.LY generates QR codes for all short links generated. We also have a simple tool for creating QR codes from any URL https://t.ly/qr-code-generator

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