Iām sorry but that is not a reason nor an excuse.
I donāt wish to make it sound as if I donāt understand the situation because I do.
But what you (and many others) need to understand is that KDEās reputation in terms of accessibility has only been growing more and more negative as promises are broken, goalposts are moved or in many cases simply forgotten as projects change hands and people come and go.
ā¦ However just because you are a charity and just because people are free to work on (or not work on) whatever doesnāt make my or anyone elseās frustration any less (and I loathe to use this termā¦) āvalidā.
If you or anyone else donāt want people to say that KDEās accessibility tools are lacking then they should be worked on.
If there is nobody around to work on them then the reputation of inaccessibility is truth. Scolding people for speaking up is simply punishing them for not lying or remaining silent as they are left behind.
There is no other way to describe it. People can say it isnāt fair and that everyone is trying their best and I am not claiming that they arenāt.
But at the end of the day everyone who works on KDE has chosen to leave a group of people behind. It was a choice and it was by choice.
If none of the developers want to help out and enable people to use their computers despite having accessibility issues then they as a whole chose to do so.
Again, I understand the situation but you canāt repeatedly kick the can down the road insisting that you care and not expect resentment or the bad reputation that results and to be honest as I look more into this situation in chats, forums, subreddits, etc the more I see peopleās opinions on the situation grow increasingly bitter in tone.
If there is truly nothing to be done then all I can say is āthatās too badā¦ for KDEā because KDEās lack of support in these circumstances are only a detriment to itself.
I would like to also add that attempts to attribute a lack of āfairnessā to people who choose to speak up about these issues is in poor taste when said group of people are already at a disadvantage.
Iām very sorry but if resources are tight and people are overworked then the least you can do is to allow people to let themselves be heard instead of attempting to guilt them into silence over money.
In short:
If KDE doesnāt want to be known for its terrible and/or outright lack of accessibility features then it needs to work on them.
If it doesnāt want to or cannot work on said features then it cannot complain about the reputation it has rightfully earned.
Scolding and guilting the people already neglected by society for daring to speak up is not going to win them over.