Accessibility benefits everyone, but in the basics you’re right. Too many simple straightforward options are now strictly inside accessibility. At least on the Apple side.
And don’t get me started on hidden command line settings.
And don’t get me started on hidden command line settings.
There's nothing that inherently "locks out" people who don't have a recognized disability from exploring these features. Furthermore, most of Apple's "accessibility" features are related to Vision/Hearing/etc (and categorized as such), so I think it's reasonable to consider them accessibility features.
Clearly based on other comments here, plenty of people discover these features and find them useful.
From outside, it feels like these are the only people with the freedom to improve the user experience at all. So they have to hide their work in the Accessibility preferences.
I'm glad the configuration is there, but it's hard to discover, so in and of itself it isn't accessible to find.
<cough> Reduce Motion. Is it an accessibility feature or does it just get rid of an annoyance and is good for everyone?
Yes--some people can become ill with certain types of motion on a screen [1].
[1]: https://www.a11yproject.com/posts/understanding-vestibular-d...
Personally I forgot about it on my latest phone because I had a fresh prescription for my glasses and didn't need to enlarge the font at the moment :)