Web and mobile app accessibility lawsuits are most definitely a thing and are at an all time high..look into it
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Nah. If someone wants me to believe something, the burden of proof is on them. I have limited time and cannot verify everyone’s claims.
I’m familiar with the legal process in general and know that you have to have damages in order to sue. If you are not harmed by a private product with its own terms of use, I doubt you have any grounds for a lawsuit. Happy to be proven wrong here.
LOL. I’m guessing you’ve never been in a lawsuit.
There are literally websites that will crawl your site and report problems. You’re not knowing about them is not a defense.
I know enough that you have to have notice before you can randomly try to rip people off. If I’m ever given a notice about your inability to use my stuff I’ll just block you from accessing my website. Nobody is entitled to use any website not made by some state or federal agency.
I know you thing you're making a point, but you're really not.
Brah.. that’s target and Netflix.
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I’m only sourcing the claim:
“Web and mobile app accessibility lawsuits are most definitely a thing and are at an all time high”
“At an all time high” but I personally prefer reading the cases and settlements with a familiar party to learn about this genre of suit than to trust a journalists statistics.
there is also a lot of minutia that it’s kinda all the same 5-7 defendants for the most part and 3-5 law firms chasing after this, but that doesn’t refute the statement.
For what type of business with what duties to whom?
And Craig Wright is suing open source developers. Ambulance chasers chase ambulances. So what?
I’m not refuting the statement:
Ambulance chasers chase ambulances
I’m refuting the statement:
Ambulance chaser, prove to me this exists
Guy, sincerely: what is with you lately? You’ve become Mister Devil’s Advocate for no apparent reason. Bored?
Once again, #[7] I’m not advocating for these laws and regulations… I’m simply providing sources here so those who agree with us that ada lawsuits are overly litigious money chasing schemes, can dispute it instead of act like it doesn’t exist. And yes they shake down small business and the trend points to them coming closer and closer to shaking down small web.
And again, so what? Builders should stop building? Tuck tail and return back to the safety of multi-billion dollar companies that can withstand any lawsuit?
What are *you* here for?
No. In the micro sense, im in this thread because I saw this interaction and responded. 
In the grand sense I’m here because I care a great deal about civil liberties and believe decentralized media can secure that.
what are you here for?
No one once said they agreed with the laws. Sounds like you guys want a safe space where no one points out when you're wrong
Right. I really despise FOSTA/SESTA but I shut down a whole section of my forum site that discussed experiences with hiring escorts when it passed because with backpage.com being taken down and the Feds raiding and arresting the folks from RentBoy.com, it wasn’t something that me, a small webmaster, could ignore.
I don’t have the patience to explain these things to people who refuse to listen to those of us who’ve been there, done that and survived.
luckily, participating in conversations on nostr, doesn’t boost the o.p’s trending status… you might have to change your thinking that anyone adding a comment is helping and in alliance with.
Maybe certain nostr products do choose to stand in defiance, that might even make me choose them over those that do comply or avoid… but this is something done with intention, not ignorance of.
In the immortal words of Bitcoin Twitter, cry harder.
iOS can read text in images so this is really a non issue.
Clowns making claims they are not qualified to make and then putting the burden of proof on you… 😂
Buzz off.
I agree with #[5] … existing clients should be as accessible as possible. It’s not fair to tell a person with a disability that they can’t use a leading app just because the developer didn’t want to make it accessible.
It’s like saying to people in a wheelchair “no you can’t use public transit because our buses are not accessible… so go build your own transit system”.
Damus has some (very basic) accessibility features such as an option to disable animations, and the ability for Damus to respect font size as set up in iOS as opposed to use a randomly small text size as in the earlier version. That doesn’t hinder the experience for anyone.
cc: #[9] #[10]
I’m not arguing against making things accessible. And I’m not even against being wrong on this issue. What I dislike is people drawing conclusions on some thing they didn’t really research and then throw links at me hoping I’m going to read the thing that satisfies their claims.
Most of the time the content linked doesn’t even address their claims and it’s a waste of time. Not my fault they can’t read or think beyond a headline…
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That guy is the worst!
He can...
As a persona, you are a prime reason I’m so bullish on nostr: so that the people who can never have a safe enough space no longer have any recourse but to cease their incessant whining and build something better—or shut up and move along.
It's an ADA thing. Inaccessible web content means that people with disabilities are denied equal access to information.
Not sure what you mean by "private app" - the general public is able to use any of the nostr clients, so they are not private by any means
I know for a fact I can block anyone from using my websites without even blocking your literal access. If you still access my website then you are breaching my terms of services.
ADA or not, unless there is some specific rule for a certain type of business to provide access, the service provider has the ultimate say.
Now, if you know an attorney who can prove otherwise, im all ears.
The specific law is the Americans with Disabilities Act, Title iii. Websites and applications must be accessible.
I don't whatsoever if you think that way but it's important to recognize that your opinion does not change the laws around accessibility
LOL. Please talk to a lawyer. You need some legal advice.
You can’t block all disabled people from your site by putting it in your TOS. And your TOS won’t stand up in court unless you really put it in their face and make them actively consent to it.
Pretty sure that doesn’t apply to user generated content. You’re telling me every image on twitter has a descriptive alt attribute of what the image is?
I’ve ran user generated content websites for decades. There’s no way I could make it all disability compatible. Zero complaints.
If someone said they had an issue, I’d try to fix it of course. But that doesn’t give anyone grounds for a lawsuit and any clown who thinks so is very confused.
“Decades” would put you back to 2003. You used the past tense - so before that.
Somehow those numbers don’t really work. Was it a BBS?
I’ve run a forum site with rather extreme sexual content for 13 years. Keeping my legal head down is part of the game.
If you’re volunteering to get sued or charged instead of me - please… go right ahead…