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this post was submitted on 09 Feb 2024
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This is absolute nonsense. If you're non-disabled (which is not even a thing), how would anyone know and use that to shut down redreader?
Also, redreader is NOT specifically for disabled people (again, not a thing). It just happens to have features which are useful for people with certain impairments. That is enough to be considered "non-commercial, accessibility focused" enough for access to the API.
In short, use it if you want. Also read up on the social model of disability and the kerb cut effect.
This is the first time in my life that I have seen somebody get offended by the word "disabled".
All I'm saying is, if enough people post on Lemmy or elsewhere "Install this software! It's exempt from paying to access the Reddit API so it still works!", at some point Reddit will take notice, throw a fit and shut it down. And the losers will be blind people.
Whether you reckon this application should be accessible to everybody or not, and who you think qualifies as disabled is totally irrelevant. What's important here is, Reddit, in its very limited wisdom, has "generously" allowed a good app to exist for free because it allows the blind to access their site. Don't make them think it's being abused by people who aren't blind, is all.