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> It's not really that different that opening a website or business for business in one country (or part of the country) and not another. It is, because people

> It's not really that different that opening a website or business for business in one country (or part of the country) and not another. It is, because people can choose to move to a part of the country where your business operates. Maybe people don't do this as a rule, but the option is there. People can't just opt to not be disabled.

threatofrain 8y ago
That is an absurd barrier. Move to a foreign country to get access? Also, money is the ultimate accessibility issue that affects everyone, and that's something Facebook and friends understands, which is why they're swallowing the world. Another huge reason people can't access things is because of linguistic or cultural access. I mean, some people say the professional or academic writing of their own culture has access issues...
- jscholes 8y ago
  > That is an absurd barrier. It may be absurd for someone who has always lived in a location with access to the education, job opportunities and other services which allow them to live the life they want. It's not quite that absurd for the millions of people who have migrated to other countries rather than stagnating in a place they didn't choose to be born in. It's not that absurd to those who live in countries so vast that moving to another city may involve the sorts of distances that people from smaller countries can't cover without crossing a border. And it's not at all absurd for disabled people who do this because their country doesn't allow for independence. Nevertheless, my original comment was more addressing people who move to another city/state, or away from a rural area, to gain access to services which otherwise would remain unavailable to them. That happens all the time.
  - threatofrain 8y ago
    Next you're going to say that people should be making themselves unpoor? Because you can't be unblind but you can be unpoor (I mean, you could even move your family to another country and learn a new language), should we now be asking why people choose to "remain poor"? Money is the most severe access issue in the world, which is why Facebook and friends are dominating. That's why they want to subsidize everything, because even $5 is a barrier which will stop people across the world.
coldtea 8y ago
>It is, because people can choose to move to a part of the country where your business operates. Yeah, I don't see the "move to a different state or country" much less of a barrier. As if people ever moved countries just to get e.g. Netflix or some chain they don't have at theirs?

threatofrain 8y ago

That is an absurd barrier. Move to a foreign country to get access? Also, money is the ultimate accessibility issue that affects everyone, and that's something Facebook and friends understands, which is why they're swallowing the world. Another huge reason people can't access things is because of linguistic or cultural access. I mean, some people say the professional or academic writing of their own culture has access issues...

jscholes 8y ago
> That is an absurd barrier. It may be absurd for someone who has always lived in a location with access to the education, job opportunities and other services which allow them to live the life they want. It's not quite that absurd for the millions of people who have migrated to other countries rather than stagnating in a place they didn't choose to be born in. It's not that absurd to those who live in countries so vast that moving to another city may involve the sorts of distances that people from smaller countries can't cover without crossing a border. And it's not at all absurd for disabled people who do this because their country doesn't allow for independence. Nevertheless, my original comment was more addressing people who move to another city/state, or away from a rural area, to gain access to services which otherwise would remain unavailable to them. That happens all the time.
- threatofrain 8y ago
  Next you're going to say that people should be making themselves unpoor? Because you can't be unblind but you can be unpoor (I mean, you could even move your family to another country and learn a new language), should we now be asking why people choose to "remain poor"? Money is the most severe access issue in the world, which is why Facebook and friends are dominating. That's why they want to subsidize everything, because even $5 is a barrier which will stop people across the world.

coldtea 8y ago

>It is, because people can choose to move to a part of the country where your business operates. Yeah, I don't see the "move to a different state or country" much less of a barrier. As if people ever moved countries just to get e.g. Netflix or some chain they don't have at theirs?