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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Mar-2024 20:17:50 JST Aral Balkan

   I think it’s important to remember that if you’re using the excuse that your software project should not be held to account for being inaccessible because it is released under a free software license what you’re really saying is that disabled people are not welcome in the free software world.

   #FOSS #openSource #accessibility #a11y #linux #fedora #ubuntu #ibm #redHat #canonical

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Mar-2024 22:37:17 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Powersource

     @SocialistJoe @powersource You’ll have to ask the hobbyists like Canonical and IBM that are shipping operating systems with broken screen readers.

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     Average Joe (socialistjoe@todon.eu)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Mar-2024 22:37:19 JST Average Joe

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     @powersource @aral Won't hobbyists just keep their software to themselves if they don't have the time or expertise needed to meet every accessibility feature demanded?

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     Powersource (powersource@sunbeam.city)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Mar-2024 22:37:20 JST Powersource

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     @SocialistJoe @aral you wouldn't release your software if it was missing e.g. monitor support. Then also don't release it without screen reader support

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     Average Joe (socialistjoe@todon.eu)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Mar-2024 22:37:24 JST Average Joe

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     @aral Wouldn't that just mean less free software in the world?

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Mar-2024 22:38:32 JST Aral Balkan

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     @powersource @SocialistJoe This.