My responses throughout your message. Access Curmudgeon wrote:
Josh, my point about size is that eight gigabytes is plenty of space for a robust modern OS, more than enough for a screen reader. Programmers have gotten lazy because disk space and memory are so cheap and plentiful. But if the code was tight, half a gigabyte is enough for amazing things.
Yes, then we are totally in agreement on all those points. Access Curmudgeon wrote: Josh, please explain why you are not in favor of a plan to persuade
the FCC to force Apple to implement accessibility on their products, and why you think that's a dangerous road to start down, and how it might ultimately cause more damage than problems it would solve. Thanks.
Where do we draw the line where government hampers or interferes with the natural development of products? To force a company like Apple to make something like the iPhone accessible implies that we should also force companies like, for example, Randomhouse, to publish their books in Braille and sell it side by side in Borders Books, all movie companies should be required to provide descriptive audio on there DVD releases, etc etc.
While some things like this are nice, and i applaud the companies that do them, I don't think it is the government's place to force companies to do things of this nature. The government as it is, already wants to micro-manage people's lives, with bans on same sex marriages and other topics that are far outside the scope of what we should be discussing on this list.
I believe in the ADA being applied to places that are intended for public access, such as stores, office buildings, and so forth. For items like the iPhone...or any sort of consumer product, I believe it is not the way to go. Companies should be encouraged to provide accessibility voluntarily.
