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Re:Turns out half the internet has a single-point-of-failure... by Thorrez on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @12:08AM (#23904262)
If we want to regulate the captcha industry there should be a law passed specifically regulating the industry. Blindsiding the industry with judgments against them when there are no laws about it will decrease confidence in the rule of law, which will hurt the economy as businesses lose confidence in their ability to predict the future.
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Re:Turns out half the internet has a single-point-of-failure... by bayindirh on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @02:09AM (#23904673)
Rules and laws are good tools and, I understand how law works in the most superficial way but, I fail to understand normalization of ignorance of some required features with the "nobody forced us to do this, so we just didn't care".

As human beings first and programmers later, we should understand that people with disabilities exist and assistive technologies need attention.

Why, as decent human beings, don't we do something nice without the push of laws, for once?

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Re:Turns out half the internet has a single-point-of-failure... by Thorrez on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @03:11AM (#23904918)
I agree we should do nice things without the push of law. But ztjio was advocating for the push of law without following the process of creating a law, which I disagree with.
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Re:Turns out half the internet has a single-point-of-failure... by dependenttypes on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @05:50AM (#23905606)
There are already laws regarding accessibility.
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Re:Turns out half the internet has a single-point-of-failure... by Thorrez on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @06:58AM (#23905869)
Are Captcha companies violating those laws? If so, then yes, enforce them. If not, then either change the laws or leave the Captcha companies be.
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Re:Turns out half the internet has a single-point-of-failure... by dependenttypes on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @11:26AM (#23907558)
> Are Captcha companies violating those laws?

I would argue that this is the case, yes.

> If so, then yes, enforce them

If only I could.

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