QR Codes Kill Kittens?

This morning I was ruffling through old pics in a Dropbox folder and noted an old QR Code that I created about 5 years ago. At the risk of a young feline death, here it is:



I was curious as to their current amount of use and found that some have declared the QR Code useless, others have stated that QR Codes kill kittens, and a few see hope in Snapchat's SnapCodes to keep the concept going. So, in addition to my Bitmoji SnapCode here:



I also created a custom one:



I must admit that I like the looks of the SnapCode better than the old QR Codes. Also, I would venture that more smartphone users have Snapchat installed than a QR Code scanner app.