well, there is the 3 or 4 US Dollars for an app from the app store, or the $1,000 US price tag for software that shouldn't cost more than $100 (btw, that over priced software is called Jaws for windows). I know there are reasons for developer costs (paychecks, taxes and the like) but to charge such enormous prices simply because the government pays them is unconscionable! they price us (the blind) out of the market solely based on "ability to pay". one other thing I will say about freedom scientific: their business practices are predatory.
now, apple has its share of bad items on the list, but accessibility isn't one of them. Apple realized that everyone (regardless of disability) needs accommodation. its why those who are like us (blinks) have speech and braille and why others who cannot read but otherwise can see use the symbology of images on the desktop (yes, there are folks like this). the whole point is this: sure, software is not free, but it doesn't have to be onerously expensive either. -Eric On Jan 30, 2011, at 4:14 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > Hi all, > > While reading on tuaw recently, I came across a link to a very good article, > written by a developer, listing the reasons why software is not free. Since > there is from time to time a lot of discussion regarding the price of > software, usually involving people decrying the fact that a given app is not > free or nearly so and somehow feeling that they are being gouged by > developers, I thought I'd offer this link for folks to check out and think > about. Remember, this author is not a blindness software developer. > Everything she says in her article is common sense. But since it is coming > from a small mainstream developer, not one developing for our small market, > maybe it will go down easier with those of you who post here and elsewhere > the view that small developers working for a small market segment are somehow > out to screw us over. > http://wildchocolate.tumblr.com/post/2943819131/13-reasons-why-software-is-not-free > > Mary > Mary Otten > motte...@gmail.com > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
