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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