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View submission: Accessibility Updates to Mod Tools: Part 1
I’m guessing that this is less of a serious commitment and more of a way around granting cheap API access to apps that afford more varied input modalities or hew more closely to universal design.
In other words: If Apollo came out with a big accessibility update and Reddit was forced to give it free API access, the CEO would experience emotions he finds unwelcome, so he makes Reddit employees do updates like this so they can later rescind the promise to allow accessible apps to have cheap API access.
Comment by redalastor at 24/06/2023 at 05:40 UTC*
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Apollo *has* great accessibility. Reddit’s problem with it is that it’s too attractive to average users. The two applications they whitelisted aren’t as great for disabled users, mainly they don’t have mod tools. And reddit’s own apps are of course really bad.
If Reddit didn’t kill Appolo and RIF, it would have a great accessibility story through no design of its own.
Comment by Xenc at 24/06/2023 at 11:28 UTC
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I believe exemptions were for granted for accessibility based apps, not for for-profits.