I don’t think people should be profiteering significantly off of stuff like this, but I do think ADA compliant websites should exist. Why alienate people with vision issues just so you don’t need to build a website that has appropriate descriptions of your website elements?
That’s a different case from the one in the article – which isn’t about whether the website is accessible to blind users, but whether the website contains statements about whether the rooms are accessible to mobility-impaired guests.
But in both cases, it seems like something similar to fire-safety inspections or health inspections would suffice. Where I live, fire protection systems (alarms, sprinklers, etc.) are inspected annually. Restaurants are regularly inspected for health code violations, and (importantly) can be re-inspected if a customer reports that they saw unsanitary conditions.
It’s just another checklist item. Check the fire alarms work; check there aren’t roaches in the kitchen; check the website mentions accessible rooms.
That’s a different case from the one in the article – which isn’t about whether the website is accessible to blind users, but whether the website contains statements about whether the rooms are accessible to mobility-impaired guests.
But in both cases, it seems like something similar to fire-safety inspections or health inspections would suffice. Where I live, fire protection systems (alarms, sprinklers, etc.) are inspected annually. Restaurants are regularly inspected for health code violations, and (importantly) can be re-inspected if a customer reports that they saw unsanitary conditions.
It’s just another checklist item. Check the fire alarms work; check there aren’t roaches in the kitchen; check the website mentions accessible rooms.