Built Truly Free QR after seeing a restaurant client's printed menus go dead overnight — his QR generator deactivated all dynamic codes after a 14-day trial and demanded $156/year to reactivate. I looked into it and found this is standard practice across the industry. Users on Trustpilot literally call it blackmail. The fix was simple: build an ad-supported QR generator where dynamic codes never expire. No subscriptions, no trials, no threats. The redirect engine runs on dedicated VPS infrastructure with Redis caching for sub-5ms speed. Safe-Scan anti-phishing protection is built into every dynamic code. Free forever because it's funded by ads — not by holding your printed materials hostage.

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I built a free QR generator after watching competitors deactivate small business codes mid-season 🔒

Hey Product Hunt!

Built Truly Free QR after a restaurant client called me panicking all his printed table menus had dead QR codes overnight. His generator had deactivated them after a 14-day trial and wanted $156/year to reactivate. Menus already printed, no choice.

Turns out this is standard practice. The top QR generators all do it.

So I built the ethical alternative:

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Truly Free QR

Dynamic QR codes that never expire — no subscription

Dynamic QR codes that never expire — no subscription

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I built a free QR generator after watching competitors deactivate small business codes mid-season 🔒

Forum Threads

I built a free QR generator after watching competitors deactivate small business codes mid-season 🔒