The HN gestalt confuses me on this one. The other week the EU had that charger standardisation law and the mood on HN was undeniably positive. Now we have a comment that Californian web accessibility laws are being enforced and the top voted comment is decidedly negative. These laws are remarkably similar in intent and likely outcome.
What is different here? Is it the same people but you're all drawing a distinction that I don't see? different people and a US vs EU thing? Hardware vs Software?
When there is a law saying that websites are supposed to be accessible, suing websites that aren't accessible doesn't seem like abuse to me. This sounds like the intended outcome.
The HN gestalt confuses me on this one. The other week the EU had that charger standardisation law and the mood on HN was undeniably positive. Now we have a comment that Californian web accessibility laws are being enforced and the top voted comment is decidedly negative. These laws are remarkably similar in intent and likely outcome.
What is different here? Is it the same people but you're all drawing a distinction that I don't see? different people and a US vs EU thing? Hardware vs Software?
When there is a law saying that websites are supposed to be accessible, suing websites that aren't accessible doesn't seem like abuse to me. This sounds like the intended outcome.
Enforcing laws isn't a pretty business.