When we started building FreeQR, we spent weeks studying the QR code industry before writing a single line of code. We wanted to understand how the major players made money, how they structured their free plans, and what happened to users who didn’t convert into paying customers.

What we found was a business model built on leverage. Not technical leverage — psychological leverage. The kind where a platform lets you create something valuable, encourages you to distribute it widely, and then threatens to break it unless you pay.

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