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Re: accessiBe are seeking credibility by association

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From: Steve Green
Date: Jun 25, 2021 12:23AM


It's nice to see that there's one organisation that's willing to take a strong stand against Accessibe. It's a shame the W3C took such a lame position on their membership.

https://nfb.org/about-us/press-room/national-convention-sponsorship-statement-regarding-accessibe

Steve

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That quote is under the "How do websites get listed on accessFind?" heading on the home page of https://accessfind.com/.

Steve


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Where did you find this quote. It will help with some other research I'm doing.
"accessiBe-powered websites are automatically added"


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Subject: [WebAIM] accessiBe are seeking credibility by association

Earlier today on the W3C WAI email discussion group, there was a mixed reaction to the news that accessiBe plan to become members of the W3C. I say it was a mixed reaction, because it was split between "this is a terrible thing and we have to stop it" and "this is a terrible thing but we should tolerate it till they break the rules". I side with the latter view.

Now I find that they are claiming to be building the world's first search engine for accessible sites - https://accessfind.com/. This is actually untrue - one of my colleagues created one in 2004.

I was immediately suspicious, and then I found this - "accessiBe-powered websites are automatically added". Add this to their W3C membership, and they are definitely trying to gain credibility by associating themselves with the right people and causes. They recently received $28 Million Series A funding, so I fear this is just the start, and that they will be a formidable adversary.

Regards,
Steve Green
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