I Don’t Have a Smartphone…
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I Don’t Have a Smartphone… par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.
  • inari@piefed.zipEnglish
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    2 months ago

    “I don’t have a smartphone,” is what I tell people and professionals nowadays. This allows me to cut the crap about companies insisting that I install their app or restaurants wishing that I scan a QR code to access their menu on a small screen.

    I see a lot of people complaining about the QR code menu experience. Is it that miserable in the US/Europe? In Japan I pretty much never have issues, and kinda prefer it over having to explain it to the waiter in Japanese.

    • calliope@retrolemmy.com
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      2 months ago

      I see a lot of people complaining about the QR code menu experience. Is it that miserable in the US/Europe?

      The author is from Europe, so it has to be Europe. Because I have been to a lot of places in the U.S., and I can’t remember one that required me to download a menu.

      Someone can correct me if I’m wrong, but in my experience digital menus are a convenience/accessibility thing and places almost always have a physical menu or a board. The only exception I can think of are street vendors selling tamales or sausages who might not have a menu at all, obviously.

      Even food trucks have big signs on them with the food they sell or paper menus to look at.

      The funny thing is, most digital menus are useful for accessibility. I don’t know how many times I used to see older people use magnifying devices for small print on print menus. Now they can scan a QR code and zoom!