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> What is the proposed mitigation that Google should implement on the app? Why are 3rd party apps needed for accessibility ? How about Google take accessibilit

• tialaramex 7y ago
  Accessibility is one of those long tail things, which is why the laws about it are written in relatively vague terms. If you need a wheelchair requiring everything be made suitable for the blind doesn't help you at all but a wheelchair ramp makes a big difference. If you're utterly deaf the wheelchair ramp is not helping. Google undoubtedly has the resources to build say, Android for Blind People. But it's not realistic to expect Android for this one guy who can twitch his nose, but is otherwise paralysed; or Android for the woman whose brain can't process shapes properly. By enabling a generic Accessibility feature it doesn't close the door to anybody. If you can adapt it, or get anybody else to adapt it, to be accessible to you then this feature will help you get that done. To do that it's enormously powerful, which means bad guys with this permission can take over your phone.