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posted by martyb on Monday December 17 2018, @11:17PM   Printer-friendly
from the I-don't-see-what-you-did-there dept.

PLEX, this last week pushed out changes to its ROKU users (I am one). That made using PLEX nearly impossible for some people. Light and Dark gray color palate. White text on light gray background, to the point of the PLEX 1/4 screen height logo and spinning-working throbber being lost on the background.

So war ensues... See Plex.tv support forums if you must.

My question to you all, "What is TECH's responsibility to the Handicapped?".

Should good TECH also have a backdoor method allowing those with usability issues to still use the product, when TECH changes directions? What about lifetime pre-paid services that are now unusable? Should there be immediate return of funds, so we can buy the second best solution (now the best choice for us)? Should any change be signed off by a third party auditor to insure continued usability?

So again, asked differently, what is TECH's moral responsibility?


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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 17 2018, @11:30PM (8 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 17 2018, @11:30PM (#775622)
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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 17 2018, @11:38PM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 17 2018, @11:38PM (#775624)

    Outdated... needs to be changed...doesn't mention anything about transsexuals.

    • (Score: 3, Touché) by FatPhil on Tuesday December 18 2018, @01:09AM (5 children)

      by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Tuesday December 18 2018, @01:09AM (#775673) Homepage
      False, trollboy.

      "Computing professionals should consider whether the
      results of their efforts will respect diversity, will be
      used in socially responsible ways, will meet social
      needs, and will be broadly accessible."

      Respecting diversity is respecting diversity. *Enumerating* diversities is retarded and ghey.
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      • (Score: 2) by crafoo on Tuesday December 18 2018, @01:47PM (4 children)

        by crafoo (6639) on Tuesday December 18 2018, @01:47PM (#775820)

        What does "respect diversity" mean?
        It's poor wording. We should respect other individuals that have earned it. We should extend common courtesy to anyone and everyone who does the same. We should value basic human rights, pledge our support for them, and actively defend them when needed.
        Diversity itself does not deserve respect. Individuals who earn respect through their actions deserve respect.

        • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 18 2018, @05:28PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 18 2018, @05:28PM (#775922)

          oh no, it's racist not to reverse discriminate to prove how unracist you are. also, everyone is equal but somehow having people of different races, sexual orientation or flavor of gender dimorphism is better for the project.

        • (Score: 2) by cmdrklarg on Tuesday December 18 2018, @08:12PM

          by cmdrklarg (5048) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday December 18 2018, @08:12PM (#776018)

          We should respect other individuals that have earned it.

          No. We should respect *all* other individuals, period, unless their actions prove that they do *not* deserve it.

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        • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Wednesday December 19 2018, @01:59PM

          by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Wednesday December 19 2018, @01:59PM (#776302) Homepage
          Respecting diversity means simply upholding people's rights to be different from each other.
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        • (Score: 2) by urza9814 on Wednesday December 19 2018, @05:53PM

          by urza9814 (3954) on Wednesday December 19 2018, @05:53PM (#776401) Journal

          I would say that diversity itself DOES deserve respect. Diversity it what keeps us all from being wiped out by a by one bad flu strain or whatever other disease. Diversity is also why you can sometimes spend a day looking for a bug, only to have someone else find the issue five minutes after you show them. Diversity is the driving force behind natural selection and evolution -- without it we'd all still be freakin' microbes at best.

          Diversity is strength. It increases the attack surface that any attackers must deal with, while simultaneously increasing the number of tools you have available to use against them. Lack of diversity is why things like Heartbleed and Spectre are so harmful -- damn near every PC and server out there is running the same code, so they're all vulnerable at once. If the code base was more diverse, the impact would be smaller. If the coders were more diverse, maybe one of them would have thought of and patched that issue before the product was released.

          Actual diversity is absolutely essential to damn near everything that we as a species do, and to damn near every life form that has ever existed. I think that ought to be enough to earn the concept a bit of respect...

  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Tuesday December 18 2018, @01:05AM

    by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Tuesday December 18 2018, @01:05AM (#775671) Homepage
    "When the interests of multiple groups conflict, the needs of those less advantaged should be given increased attention and priority."

    Alas, that would seem to cover the shitty "oh sorry, we made those changes without even thinking of you, I guess we could tweak something to undo the mess we created" type of attentionthat only gets given to those with the balls to complain. Which is better than the even more common devnulling of such complaints.

    Yours, visually impaired web user.
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