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Re:The Restaurant Industry’s Worst Idea: QR Code Menus by staindk on Sunday October 30, 2022 @04:47AM (#33392500)
I think "Instant Apps"[1] are/were meant to be the Android analog, but I haven't seen them used anywhere.

Also can't find any proof that they are still a thing... except for this[2] sketchy looking app that has 1 billion+ downloads, offered by "Google Play Store"

[1] https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/7683278

[2] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.and...

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Re:The Restaurant Industry’s Worst Idea: QR Code Menus by stavros on Sunday October 30, 2022 @05:38AM (#33392790)
I think Vimeo has one, whenever I click a link it always loads in a small app.

https://vimeo.com/761107839

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Re:The Restaurant Industry’s Worst Idea: QR Code Menus by AngusH on Sunday October 30, 2022 @05:51AM (#33392885)
I think this is the current developer page:

https://developer.android.com/topic/google-play-instant/over...

Now renamed to Google Play Instant, but still ok for apps (I think?)

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Re:The Restaurant Industry’s Worst Idea: QR Code Menus by cultofmetatron on Sunday October 30, 2022 @08:11AM (#33393727)
that's because wether instant apps works is wildly inconsistent across phones. we learned that the hard way.
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