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REDDIT DOESNT CARE ABOUT VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS WHO ARE USING REDDIT (self.Blind)
submitted 2d ago by Such_Subject
reddits accessibility is a fasad
reddit basiclly says that "visually impaired people get out of this platform because you dont belong here"
reddit basiclly says that "visually impaired people get out of this platform because you dont belong here"
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Aquaireeus 31 points 2d ago
That's pretty much the tech industry in general.
Source: I'm an Accessibility Program manager in the tech industry and fight this battle daily.
It's exhausting.
Source: I'm an Accessibility Program manager in the tech industry and fight this battle daily.
It's exhausting.
TwoSunsRise 15 points 2d ago
Thank you for doing what you do 🙏🏼
Central_Control 2 points 1d ago
I'll thank you without a stupid little prayer thingy. Please keep going.
Buckowski66 2 points 1d ago
Why is that though? People are living much longer, Diabetes and other diseases that cause vision loss are more prevalent so the market share should be larger along with the profits.
Aquaireeus 2 points 1d ago
Exactly! I answered someone below on why it actually makes good business sense to build products specifically for this industry.
The reason there is so much resistance is because executives in the tech industry are quite frankly, greedy and short sighted.
It backfires time and time again because they spend more time and money pretending to care about accessibility than actually caring about accessibility.
For any upcoming entrepreneur, I always highly recommend focusing it for a strong competitive advantage that's also the right thing to do.
The reason there is so much resistance is because executives in the tech industry are quite frankly, greedy and short sighted.
It backfires time and time again because they spend more time and money pretending to care about accessibility than actually caring about accessibility.
For any upcoming entrepreneur, I always highly recommend focusing it for a strong competitive advantage that's also the right thing to do.
soongtypedelta 8 points 2d ago
their app text sizes are laughable. "watermelon" but tiny as heck. can't really use this app for more than 5 minutes at a time because it's so straining. like cool i can read it but also, ouch.
homerq 14 points 2d ago
Like many other Reddit subs, people are migrating to Lemmy on the Fediverse.
#https://rblind.com/
#This is where refugees from r/blind should go to seek shelter.
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#https://rblind.com/
#This is where refugees from r/blind should go to seek shelter.
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Central_Control 2 points 1d ago
Yes, exactly. It becomes less of a shock after a few dozen times of businesses not wanting to make minor, simple accommodations for the disabled. This is common. Extremely common.
Don't buy any lies that the disabled have full accessibility and legal recourse. They don't. You gonna sue Reddit? Nope. Nobody is, and by the time anything actually happened, 10 years would have gone by.
Don't buy any lies that the disabled have full accessibility and legal recourse. They don't. You gonna sue Reddit? Nope. Nobody is, and by the time anything actually happened, 10 years would have gone by.
Such_Subject [OP] 2 points 1d ago
like reddit many many apps and website ignore accessibility also for disabled people suing is the only option left for example practo helth service
Buckowski66 1 points 1d ago
It’s the reason prefer web apps over phone/tablet apos
Such_Subject [OP] 3 points 1d ago
Dominoes was sued by a blind person for willfull discription against blind
This appeared in 2021 or 22 someone please correct me.
This appeared in 2021 or 22 someone please correct me.
disignore 1 points 2d ago
three words for you, the digital divide. I'm a Industrial designer working as product consultant for startups, I realy love research and I go deep, I'm working for a Cybersecurity teaching platform. The reseach shows any disability is overlooked.
dlehman83 0 points 2d ago
Are accessibility apps no longer getting an exemption?
I used RIF for a while because it was simple clean and had easy sharing options to @ voice aloud.
Then I found joey with the built in TTS and thought it may have had an exception until today.
I used RIF for a while because it was simple clean and had easy sharing options to @ voice aloud.
Then I found joey with the built in TTS and thought it may have had an exception until today.
Avalon1632 10 points 2d ago
At this point, Reddit has lied blatantly and consistently enough that it's hard to trust anything they say. A lot of people worry the exemptions will be removed at any time for some ridiculously contrived reason and considering Reddit's record it's a very valid worry.
Only some apps have gotten exemptions thus far, and only if they're non-commercial (meaning the developers can't make money and so can't put as much work into it).
Only some apps have gotten exemptions thus far, and only if they're non-commercial (meaning the developers can't make money and so can't put as much work into it).
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Aquaireeus 5 points 1d ago
As mentioned above, I'm an Accessibility Program manager and I hear this at work all the time so I'll answer.
16% - 20% of the world population live with some type of disability.
It's estimated that this group has around $500 billion in disposable income.
Everyone will eventually have some sort of disability unless you are immortal.
Not only is it the right thing to do, it's the right business thing to do because it becomes a huge competitive advantage since most companies have your attitude. It's one of the few ways in business that you can make money while also doing the right thing.
Sources:
American Institute of Research
https://www.air.org/sites/default/files/2022-03/Hidden-Market-Spending-Power-of-People-with-Disabilities-April-2018.pdf
World Health Organization
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/disability-and-health
Business Journalism
https://businessjournalism.org/2018/09/spending-power-americans-disabilities/
16% - 20% of the world population live with some type of disability.
It's estimated that this group has around $500 billion in disposable income.
Everyone will eventually have some sort of disability unless you are immortal.
Not only is it the right thing to do, it's the right business thing to do because it becomes a huge competitive advantage since most companies have your attitude. It's one of the few ways in business that you can make money while also doing the right thing.
Sources:
American Institute of Research
https://www.air.org/sites/default/files/2022-03/Hidden-Market-Spending-Power-of-People-with-Disabilities-April-2018.pdf
World Health Organization
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/disability-and-health
Business Journalism
https://businessjournalism.org/2018/09/spending-power-americans-disabilities/
Central_Control 2 points 1d ago
You just came to a disabled sub and said that disabled people aren't worth anything. They don't have to waste any money. Everything was set up by 3rd party people. They took away the access, it didn't cost them anything. They didn't gain anything, either. They just took it away.
I have no idea who you think you're sucking up to when you post this ableist crap.
You suck, but yeah.
I have no idea who you think you're sucking up to when you post this ableist crap.
You suck, but yeah.
Gav757 1 points 1d ago
Yeah I do suck
tahtihaka 1 points 1d ago
Did someone ever think they did?
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