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varmintx
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Maybe you should reread my comment and then hopefully figure out the "joke" was that so many websites suck for disabled people like myself. |
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NeverConvex
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Thanks! I'll take a look when I have an opportunity.
I generally only do "back-end" scientific programming, and don't have much experience with website development, but even from that vantage, it does seem sloppy not to e.g. properly populate alt text or maintain distinct title fields.
Yeah, I think if folks look at what the suit seems to actually be alleging is missing, and understand it, there could hardly be much reason to complain about demands to fix it. These don't seem like unreasonable requests at all, especially for a very large corporation. re: ADA enforcement -- I've heard similar things before, although I don't know of any authoritative source on it. Would be curious if anyone knows of a good source on how often US court cases are needed to jumpstart this kind of thing (or how often they're frivolous "ADA-chasing", I guess), if there are other enforcement mechanisms and whether they work well/how frequently that is the case, etc. EDIT: Oh, this also makes me wonder: in this case, is the problem actually US-specific? Funi's site probably isn't any friendlier for blind users internationally, right? I guess their HQ is in Texas, US (glancing at their wikipedia page), so maybe that makes disabilities accommodations a US issue, legally speaking..? |
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TheMorry
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Yea I was pretty pissed off i couldn't go on their website anymore to read their news updates etc. However on an UK anime news website we got a list where are all European friendly bluray and dvd are listed. Also from all the other anime distributors. Funny thing is that i can play a sentai geo lock anime releases lol. Guess UK is geo locked but the Netherlands is not.. xD |
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Kazemon15
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I recently emailed them about their Log Horizon season 1 dub not having caption when it previously did on Hulu... so hopefully this kind of thing opens their eyes to disabled anime fans...
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Ren of Heavens
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Funi block non-US visitors so we can't actually load it, but other countries have similar laws - I was previously hired by a UK university to bring their website into WCAG compliance. It's far easier if it's designed from the start that way, but it can be fixed retroactively. |
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NeverConvex
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Oh, I guess I misunderstood the comments earlier in the thread about Funi being region-locked! I thought that meant that they had some kind of Netflix-like approach to identifying your region based on your IP, and would filter some content accessibility, or some other sections of their site, based on it. I didn't realize it meant you literally can't access anything on their site at all! |
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Hitokiri Kenshin
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Not to sound mean, but if blind, how can you watch cartoons? Expect them to sound out the action or something?
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varmintx
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First of all, "blind" doesn't necessarily mean "completely without sight" It can also mean "severely diminished sight." Second...yeah, descriptive audio is totally a thing that exists. |
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nargun
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You could just do a google search to find out. (It's surprisingly rude to ask questions like that, just as a heads-up. You might think people don't have to answer, but even asking people to refuse is a demand you're really not in a position to make, and it's enough of a boundary breech that people get legit concerned that you might go further -- "make a scene", shout at people "I'm just ASKING", harass, etc. Don't be that guy, but also don't look like you could be that guy) |
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Redbeard 101
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Alright everyone please pay attention really closely, as many of you apparently are not actually reading the article given the majority of responses over the 4 pages thus far. This is not about their video player or watching anime. This was in regards to their STORE and how the plaintiff wanted to make purchases and could not. They are 2 entirely separate things. Perhaps the plaintiff also has an issue with that, but that is not apart of this lawsuit as it's been presented thus far. So let's stop the increasingly testy back and forth over the wrong topic, and further "how do blind people even watch anime?!" comments. If you truly want to know than google is your friend.
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Spike Terra
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Well, if you have hulu, you have access to the MHA dub, they currently host all four seasons both subbed and dubbed. So my question is that if Funimation just meets the demands of the plantiffs, does the lawsuit get dropped or do they still have to go to court? |
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all-tsun-and-no-dere
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Previously in the thread:
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Shaterri
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I'm surprised nobody has noted this before now: the last time Funimation sold, back in 2017, Sony paid 143 million dollars for a 95% stake in the company. They are in no way, shape or form a 'tiny mom-and-pop shop'. |
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NeverConvex
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Yes--I was being sarcastic, there. |
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gridsleep
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This short article fails to mention if the plaintiff made attempt to bring this situation to the attention of Funimation's web manager through email or phone call, or if the plaintiff just immediate jumped on the lawsuit bandwagon without a second thought. Lawsuits are expensive, even if you win, and should never be the first course of action. ANN news can be a bit skimpy at times.
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