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Re:No app, no entry: How the digital world is failing the no... by singleshot_ on Thursday August 24, 2023 @11:31AM (#37250000)
Yes, but the time it takes the visitor to get a QR code is a lot more than ringing up a transaction. The museum has offloaded work on the visitor and this is not acceptable. The visitor, after all, is the one paying the bill.
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Re:No app, no entry: How the digital world is failing the no... by rbanffy on Thursday August 24, 2023 @01:31PM (#37251945)
Before that the phone system offloaded work to their subscribers, who now needed to listen to and understand the various tones (dial, ringing, busy) and remember phone numbers.
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