| ▲ | toenail 6 hours ago |
| Makes you wonder why this wasn't always possible.. I go to lots of events that have qr codes on their tickets, this will be useful |
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| ▲ | gruez 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| For whatever reason apple required passes to be digitally signed with an apple developer certificate. On the other hand a screenshot/pdf is "good enough" that they didn't bother fixing it. |
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| ▲ | alt227 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | > For whatever reason apple required passes to be digitally signed with an apple developer certificate Apple uses every opportunity to try to increase developer and user lock in. This was no exception. I see this new move as begrudgingly opening the doors to all as not enough people were signing with Apple Developer Certificates. | | |
| ▲ | jonathanstrange 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Unfortunately, they're not even good at it. Setting up a custom CI chain today as a brand-new member of the Apple Developer program, I found out that they have at least 9 different certificates to generate with no explanation which one you need on the page, and after I had generated one, downloaded it, and imported it into the keychain, the certificate was invalid. I additionally had to go to some cryptic looking page[1] and manually download the "right" in intermediary certificates. [1] https://www.apple.com/certificateauthority/ |
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| ▲ | vachina 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| What is the difference between this and taking a picture/screenshot of the QR code? |
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| ▲ | rootusrootus 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | QR code definitely in focus, lighting good, the screen will brighten automatically for maximum contrast, and it will be in an easy-to-find location (especially handy if location services knows you are near where you need the pass and suggests it automatically). | |
| ▲ | alt227 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Not much, it just allows you to save it in your wallet app instead of your photo app. |
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| ▲ | loloquwowndueo 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Does just taking a pic of the QR code not work just as well? |
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| ▲ | bspammer 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | You can double tap the lock button to open your wallet with all your passes. Also it automatically raises the brightness for QR passes to make it easier for readers. You could do the same thing with shortcuts I guess but using the first class feature is nice. | |
| ▲ | jen20 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | It does, but then it's buried in your photos instead of on the home screen. | | |
| ▲ | vachina 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | Most tickets don’t just come with a QR, it has other information like seating/metadata not in the QR that can only be captured in a photo. | | |
| ▲ | loloquwowndueo 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Funny, when I take a picture of a ticket I can still see all those things. | |
| ▲ | berkeleyjunk 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Interesting. Do you have examples of such data or any pointers. I always take screenshots of the wallet pass and they seem to work fine. |
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