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Originally Posted by tompe
I really do not get it why all devices have to have this access. Why is it not enough that there is devices available that can access it?
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Because businesses aren't allowed to say "I don't need to provide accessibility features; someone else is already doing that." Stores aren't allowed to say "my store doesn't have wheelchair access, but it's okay; those customers can shop next door." Not even if "next door" is owned by the same company.
That said, we haven't established what actual features are at issue here, and whether it makes any sense to require then for e-ink devices. If the issue is speech-based navigation, I don't see that e-ink readers should be exempt; if the issue is video captions or translating speech-to-text for chatrooms, it'd be ridiculous to require those features.
However, I suspect the manufacturers are hoping for a broad, "we're exempt from accessibility" ruling, rather than one that avoids certain specific requirements.