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by eurasiantiger 1555 days ago
It is a legal requirement to provide equal access to all features and information for people who use accessibility features. Any non-trivial deviation from this must be declared in an accessibility statement, or the site owner risks legal action and large fines.

100% is not hyperbole, even though ”not exist” is.
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lelandfe 1554 days ago
As someone who has led WCAG remediation projects, I can firmly assure that it is hyperbole.

100% “accessible” is meaningless: full adherence to what standard? 2.1 AA? That’s an incredibly high bar, and would require constant vigilance and expensive audits on a rotating basis. Much of the guidelines are up for interpretation and can’t easily be expressed in a binary pass/fail besides.

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eurasiantiger 1554 days ago
2.1 AA is mandated by law in the European Union for public entities, as well as commercial entities (soon). And yes, it is a high bar, for a reason.
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