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[โ€“] wunami@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

One benefit/reason is to make it easier to manually type in the URL. Like if it's printed on an ad or poster or something.

Not a significant benefit anymore especially with QR codes.

[โ€“] PokerChips@programming.dev 2 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Yeah I get the idea in that sense. It's just that you are putting a lot of trust in the source. But I guess that's the same with qr codes but at least you get to see the destination in your camera view.