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Re:Reddit's Recently Announced API Changes, and the future o... by phpisthebest on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @04:47PM (#36233327)
Having a site good for accessibility means it is also easily scraped, if it is easily scraped no need to pay for API access, and there goes the money grab

It is not they cant do it right, they do want to do it right because they need to monetize the site to appease the VC's,

Anything that can prevent that, including accessibility, goes

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Re:Reddit's Recently Announced API Changes, and the future o... by nitwit005 on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @05:20PM (#36233745)
A custom program can find the buttons by label. It's just not labeled in a way the screenreader is looking for.
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Re:Reddit's Recently Announced API Changes, and the future o... by jolux on Thursday June 08, 2023 @12:08AM (#36237066)
it is really not that much harder to scrape using XPath and no labels if you know what you're doing…but only if you can see things, of course.
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