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by tln 1102 days ago
QR codes have several different bit-pattern masks, which an encoder should choose between to avoid blocks or runs.. so even without altering the URL there are different outputs.

[A-Z0-9] encodes a lot more efficiently than [a-zA-Z0-9] so there are other considerations when altering a url.

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Yes, that's what I meant.