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Well, see, you're on to something: these tools exist as a litigation defense layer: large enough targets sometimes get ADA lawsuit threats. They frequently come
by disillusioned 4y ago
Well, see, you're on to something: these tools exist as a litigation defense layer: large enough targets sometimes get ADA lawsuit threats. They frequently come with an offer to settle. When you use something like Accessibe, you provide enough of a plausible effort that it's not worth it for the litigious sort to waste their time with you, so they move to other lower hanging fruit.
None of this, you'll note, is particularly concerned with how the tool _actually_ impacts a11y. But, as you state, it's the lazy solution.
- extra88 4y agoThey're not even good for keeping lawsuits at bay. https://adrianroselli.com/2020/06/accessibe-will-get-you-sued.html https://adrianroselli.com/2020/06/accessibe-will-get-you-sue... The ADA lawsuit trolls who are quick to settle for money tend to go after smaller businesses presumably because they lack the resources to fight in court, to actually fix the problems, and because there are a lot more of them than large businesses.