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0 pointsinfotainment8mo ago0 comments

Regardless of how one personally feels about it, you can get sued into oblivion in certain countries for not complying with WCAG, so that's something.

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carlosjobim8mo ago

Give me one example.

komon8mo 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.

carlosjobim8mo ago

Sounds like they were taken to the cleaners by grifters.

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sloaken8mo ago

Here let me google that for you ....

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

carlosjobim8mo 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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carlosjobim8mo ago

Give me one example.

komon8mo ago

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

carlosjobim8mo ago

Sounds like they were taken to the cleaners by grifters.

1 more reply

sloaken8mo ago

Here let me google that for you ....

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

carlosjobim8mo 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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