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Blind people need to start suing at least in America the ADA is far easier to win against large companies than in the UK as the equality act is treated vastly weaker by judges than if someone presented a religion or race lawsuit.

America is the only place to take down big tech discrimination.

Smart glasses or apps like BeMyEyes can assist blind people through these flows. AI's visual understanding has progressed tremendously over the past couple decades.

Requiring extra expenses is discrimination.

The expense is not paid toward the business and it is normal for assistive tools to be paid for.

This one sounds less problematic for blind people than reCAPTCHA, which relied on a visual challenge. Especially since google or the screen reader software can easily add a browser extension that forwards the challenge to the phone removing the need for scanning a QR code.

The real problems with this technology are control (need a google approved phone) and privacy/tracking.

That is a cost that our future authoritarian world leader has decided is more than acceptable.