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My understanding is that it was legal/permissible to unlock your cell
phone until about a month ago. At that time, the exception that allowed
it, which apparently needs to be renewed, expired.
I don't have strong opinions about locked-vs.-unlocked cell phones
though I do agree with Khanna's description of the practice as
capitalist cronyism. What I am more excited about is that the topic of
books and our access to them is getting some attention.
I'm also happy about the lawsuit against Marriott. I think access to job
related software is a very big problem. My three part-time jobs all use
the same inaccessible training software, and one of the tests I took
through Prometric appears to have been the same suite. A lawsuit like
this one would force that company to come up with an accessible
solution--to name just one example. another example is a type of
software used in the translation industry. To get staff positions and
move up through an agency, translators must be able to use this type of
software. With one exception, a new company whose developers are working
with a group of blind interpreters and translators, this type of
software is inaccessible, offering screen reader access only to the most
basic features. the current solution of having large screen reader
developers and other consultants sell overpriced scripting services only
adds to the problem.
ana will stop ranting now.
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