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0 pointscarlosjobim10mo ago0 comments

Give me one example.

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komon10mo ago

$JOB-2 got sued over website accessibility. The way these cases go is someone uses the WAVE browser extension to identify accessibility issues, and anything yellow or red becomes part of the cause of action. IIRC we settled out of court.

We were pretty large, big-name online merchandise retailer. Definitely put our heels to the fire on giving the frontend a design refresh.

carlosjobimOP10mo ago

Sounds like they were taken to the cleaners by grifters.

malfist10mo ago

You're implying the the only benefactors of that actions were the people suing. That's not the case. They're accessibility standards for a reason. They're the minimum required to not make an impaired person's life hell. And we should all care about that.

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sloaken10mo ago

Here let me google that for you ....

https://news.mobar.org/confronting-the-rise-in-ada-website-a...

carlosjobimOP10mo ago

Looks like some fear mongering from lawyers who have a financial interest in the mentioned mongering, and certainly in other types of mongering.

Is there an of any company which was "sued into oblivion" there? The examples in your link of Netflix, Domino's and MIT are still alive and well.

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komon10mo ago

We were pretty large, big-name online merchandise retailer. Definitely put our heels to the fire on giving the frontend a design refresh.

carlosjobimOP10mo ago

Sounds like they were taken to the cleaners by grifters.

malfist10mo ago

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sloaken10mo ago

Here let me google that for you ....

https://news.mobar.org/confronting-the-rise-in-ada-website-a...

carlosjobimOP10mo ago

Looks like some fear mongering from lawyers who have a financial interest in the mentioned mongering, and certainly in other types of mongering.

Is there an of any company which was "sued into oblivion" there? The examples in your link of Netflix, Domino's and MIT are still alive and well.

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