I didn't see anything in the petition that said anyone went ahead and installed the beta even after Apple warned that voiceOver users shouldn't install the beta. The point of the petition, as I read it, is that Apple shouldn't exclude blind people from participating in the public beta because of such a serious and known VoiceOver bug. I myself do find a lot of petitions are frivolous and over the top, but I don't have a problem with this one myself.
-- Christopher (AKA CJ) Chaltain at Gmail > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf > Of Donna Casteen > Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2020 1:17 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Pétition · Apple: Apple, commit to never again willfully > excluding > disabled people from public betas · Change.org > > I can't believe such a petition was started!!🙄🤦🏻♀️ This petition was started > because an Apple watch user went against Apple's WARNING to NEVER install > beta versions of IOS on ANY Appple device that is YOUR main device! Of course, > this person just HAD to have the beta update & installed the beta version on > their Apple watch that they RELY on & USE daily! Beta versions of any program > WILL have bugs. The fact that Apple is a company that stands behind their > products making them accessible for the blind & those with other disabilities, > does NOT exclude Apple's beta versions of IOS from having bugs. Nor does this > bug prevent those who are blind taking part in the public beta testing > process. > Apple was FULLY aware of the voiceover bug Associated with ALL Apple > watches. And fully WARNED voiceover users with Apple watches of the bug. > Apple also informed voiceover users that they were working on fixing the > voiceover bug, so that voiceover users could participate in the public beta > testing program. Placing the blame on Apple & criticizing Apple for a problem > that they were working toward fixing, is wrong. The Blame solely lies with > Apple > watch user(s), who in their poor judgement decided to install the public beta > on > a device, in which is used daily. > > It is very important that blind iDevice users participate in Apple's beta > testing > program, otherwise voiceover or low vision features of the iDevices would > always have major bugs, making the iDevices unusable. Apple is a large > company. The population that is blind & who use Apple products is very small. > If > this type of placing blame where it is obvious it does not belong & publically > criticizing Apple for something that at the time was out of their control, > but > Apple was working toward fixing: Apple is in the end going to do 1 of 2 > things 1. > No longer let blind users participate in the beta testing process. Apple can > do > this by stopping all public beta testing. 2. Apple throws in the towel, > giving up on > trying to make their products accessible for such a small population of > people. > Neither of these scenarios are in the best interest of blind iDevice users. > > When beta testing follow Apple's guidelines or otherwise DO NOT complain > when your device stops working! > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel > that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email > to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/9A2DA42F-D0E0-4072-8A23- > 91F22261BFC7%40gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/000701d673ab%24c06f74a0%24414e5de0%24%40gmail.com.
