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> however it fundamentally doesn't make sense to take any group brought together by a particular need and have them design something for mass consumption I see
by elliekelly 5y ago
> however it fundamentally doesn't make sense to take any group brought together by a particular need and have them design something for mass consumption
I see this line of thinking a lot when disability discussions come up and I think it’s fundamentally flawed. People with disabilities aren’t a homogeneous “group of people brought together by a particular need” - quite the opposite. They have many different and varied needs. The accommodations they seek are often the same I see developers griping about on HN every day: interoperability, hardware standards, and enough flexibility for the owner to decide what works best for them rather than the manufacturer.
Why is it perfectly acceptable for us to have these complaints about MacBook hard drives and batteries but a “hit piece” when people in need of accommodation have similar complaints about Tesla batteries?
- Chris2048 5y agoIt's fine to complain about both things. The difference is how it's represented: as discriminatory. It's also of note that for all the complaints, right to repair isn't unanimously supported on HN either. Finally, one of the big issues of interoperability / hardware standards is not accommodation, but outright hostility (purposefully changing things often, making them hard to modify by design or law).