Re:For software that is cross platform and accessible, forge...
by falcolas on Monday August 07, 2017 @09:21AM
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> That's not exactly a rousing motto.
Especially since age causes everyone to be disabled somehow, and you're one accident away from being disabled in the prime of your life.
Consider it a form of insurance, if you must. You put forth a bit of effort into accessibility (in its many forms) now so you can keep using things later.
> Free software is not about a specific feature, it's about protecting user's freedom.
"Free software protects people's freedom (except the disabled, they're stuck with proprietary stuff, too bad)." That's not exactly a rousing motto. If anything the disabled are who should be helped most given how rediculously expensive accessibility software tends to be. It seems hypocritical compared to the usual messaging coming from the free software movement.
> He shouldn't blame a community of volunteers for not fixing his personal problems for free.
If free software wants to replace proprietary software this attitude doesn't work well. These aren't his personal complaints, they're problems for anyone with serious vision problems.