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posted by martyb on Tuesday October 22 2019, @05:02AM   Printer-friendly
from the wrong-way dept.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/10/accessibility-the-future-and-why-dominos-matters/

The US Supreme Court last week formally declined to weigh in on an argument that the Americans with Disabilities Act should not apply to websites and digital storefronts, leaving intact a lower ruling finding that the ADA does, indeed, apply to digital space. Internet and Web users with disabilities, as well as advocates for accessible design, are breathing a sigh of relief.

[...] The case the Court declined to hear, Domino's v Robles, stemmed from a 2016 lawsuit. Guillermo Robles, a blind California resident who uses screen readers to access the Internet, tried to place an order through Domino's mobile app. Neither the app nor Domino's website proved usable by a screen reader, and Robles eventually sued the company, arguing the site's inaccessibility violated his rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The section of the ADA at question is Title III, which says, in part, that you can't discriminate against an individual on the basis of disability "in the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations of any place of public accommodation by any person who owns, leases, or operates a place of public accommodation."

[...] About 61 million US adults, roughly one in four, live with some kind of disability, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The point of the ADA is to prevent discrimination against a quarter of the population and to codify the need for reasonable accommodations.

[...] "Here's what's shocking about Domino's: like Target [in 2008], just fixing the problem costs a great deal less than suing. So they were suing for the right to discriminate," Quesenbery told Ars.


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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by aristarchus on Tuesday October 22 2019, @05:18AM (4 children)

    by aristarchus (2645) on Tuesday October 22 2019, @05:18AM (#910184) Journal

    Fuych Dominoes! They are a Republican political operation pretending to make pies! They were evil well before Papa John's and even more evil for having a sailing boat that they held out as a bait for poor lowly sub-minimum wage employees, as if they could afford a yacht. Trump-level deception, class-actionable malfeaseance. Malificent level evil, without the fairies to protect. Just a earlier version of Adam Neumann, scum-sucker extrodanaire! Invest now, before it is too late! Of course, for cardboard pizza venders like Dominoes, and Chik-Fil-a, it is too late. Sooner or later the politics of the owners poison the product. This is why I, for one, will not contract TMB code. The political blow-back risk is just too grate.

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  • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Tuesday October 22 2019, @06:14AM (2 children)

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Tuesday October 22 2019, @06:14AM (#910195) Journal

    They are a Republican political operation pretending to make pies!

    Is there a Dominosgate [Hansel and Gretel Edition] in your crystal balls?

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    • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 22 2019, @10:58AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 22 2019, @10:58AM (#910236)

      I'm sure he doesn't have any balls.

      • (Score: 3, Touché) by DannyB on Tuesday October 22 2019, @01:54PM

        by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday October 22 2019, @01:54PM (#910301) Journal

        Don't be silly. They are dodecahedrons.

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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday October 22 2019, @11:18AM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Tuesday October 22 2019, @11:18AM (#910248) Homepage Journal

    This is why I, for one, will not contract TMB code.

    No worries. I'm pretty sure you'd be one of those real pain in the ass clients anyway.

    Something important you missed though: Domino's can currently provide at least two filling (and quite nutritious compared to what a lot of folks eat) meals for an adult male for eight bucks plus tax. Better value for women and kids. That is not to be sneezed at.

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