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A one-act drama.

A client writes to me:

“We had beautiful wedding invitations designed, printed, and already sent out.
But the QR code on them stopped working, the RSVP form is gone.
Vadim, please help. Crying... 😭”

I reply:

“No problem. We’ll figure it out and set up a 301 redirect.
Just send me a photo of the invitation with the QR code.”

I start digging deeper…

And then I realize: I can’t help.

The QR code doesn’t point to their site at all.
It points to a third-party service that now asks for ~$240 just to make the link work again.

I go to Trustpilot.
Hundreds of reviews.
I filter by one star, and there it is.

Story after story of people being tricked:
• you’re allowed to create a QR code,
• everything looks fine,
• time passes,
• and suddenly the QR code stops working unless you pay for a subscription.

The person who designed the invitations and generated the QR, of course, didn’t check this.

I’m not against paying for SaaS. If a product brings real value with transparency, it should be paid for. But not by trapping people.

The reality is that Google’s top results are flooded with QR code generators whose goal is to lure users in, wait until dependency forms, and then extract profit.

I don’t think it should work this way. That’s why Really Free QR Code Generator was born. A free alternative should exist.

If you can help with backlinks, please do. We need to reach the top to push out tools built on dark patterns.

And if you have spare time, tokens and energy: build another truly free QR generator. I’ll support it.

I believe that in the future, predatory SaaS models will be replaced by honest, transparent services.

Manifesto is here: https://really-free-qr-code-generator.com/#manifesto

What do you think?