I'm all in for a good and healthy discussion and we don't need to agree 100% or make which other agree.
That is the misconception about accessibility. It should not be design and developed *only* for severe disabilities. Add/support an option to increase the font size in 10%, for example, it is an accessibility feature. Have an alt text for an image when you're in a bad LTE spot, help you to not miss out but also it is a accessibility feature. It's still shocking for me that people don't realize how many things they use daily, only exists because the disabled community had to fight for it, like sidewalk ramps.
I don't agree with you about "they're only starting". They already have this tools and they know how to use it, because they are Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. They didn't hire an entire team overnight, they reallocated people from the others platforms to work on this. So, IMHO they just choose to not implement the basic accessibility features.
That is the misconception about accessibility. It should not be design and developed *only* for severe disabilities. Add/support an option to increase the font size in 10%, for example, it is an accessibility feature. Have an alt text for an image when you're in a bad LTE spot, help you to not miss out but also it is a accessibility feature. It's still shocking for me that people don't realize how many things they use daily, only exists because the disabled community had to fight for it, like sidewalk ramps.
I don't agree with you about "they're only starting". They already have this tools and they know how to use it, because they are Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. They didn't hire an entire team overnight, they reallocated people from the others platforms to work on this. So, IMHO they just choose to not implement the basic accessibility features.