aaronMay 12
Here it is. Post 2 in my series on #Linux #accessibility. This time, I'm digitally screaming about the audio stack.
As always, feedback is encouraged and welcomed, and subscribe via rss or email to receive plane-text versions of what I write, the day after publishing at 10 am UTC
https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-want-to-love-linux-it-doesnt-love-me-back-post-2-the-audio-stack-is-a-crime-scene/
#a11y #linuxAudio #linuxAccessibility
I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn’t Love Me Back: Post 2 – The Audio Stack Is a Crime Scene — fireborn

Show threadLuca RuggeriMay 12
@fireborn #linux won't change until people understand that testing and programming needs to be paid. Spend some buck on your favorite distro or project, ask for better management or better testing.
Show threadBeardy Star StuffMay 12

@lcruggeri @fireborn Seems like it would be good to encourage and normalize a trend towards sharing about what FOSS we've donated to most recently. Make it a part of FOSS social culture. If we're openly sharing every time we donate it might encourage or remind others.

My most recent donations were to the Linux Mint folks, Thunderbird, Wikipedia. My donations are always small due to my budget but repeated throughout the year as often as I'm able.

#Linux #FOSS

Show threadaaronMay 12
@dennyhenke @lcruggeri This would be nice. There is the concern around that though that is people might feel guilted into donating, those who really don't have the income for it. It's true, though, that one person calling out what they donate to can encourage others to do the same. Thank you for raising this idea–some food for thought for sure.
Show threadLuca RuggeriMay 12
@fireborn @dennyhenke an idea i had was about putting a sum, like 20 euro, and having it divided automatically into the recipients of your choice, this was the model of Flattr that's sadly dead
Show threadaaronMay 12
@lcruggeri @dennyhenke This would be really nice. here's an amount of money, here's what I want to support. Not even down to the details of *who* I want to support, *what*. Accessibility, console development, firmware reverse engineering, whatever.
Show threadLuca RuggeriMay 12
@fireborn @dennyhenke i think that this should be a decision that the project of choice has to make. Obviously, more interest in that aspect (accessibility for example), more money.
Show threadDaniel Gibson
@lcruggeri @fireborn @dennyhenke
How is that supposed to work?
The majority of users don't need accessibility features.
Projects already prioritize features themselves, and apparently accessibility is low on the list for most of them.
So if donations are supposed to make a difference, they need to be tied to accessibility - otherwise 99% of your donation will be used for more widely used features
May 12 at 1:29pmWeb
Show threadaaronMay 12
@Doomed_Daniel @lcruggeri @dennyhenke It's not a bad idea, if the pressure works for getting people to donate to accessibility. It would have to be specifically accessibility money, which then might lead to only that money being put into accessibility and not anything else. Food for thought, like I said, but not perfect.
Show threadDaniel GibsonMay 12
@fireborn @lcruggeri @dennyhenke
True, that could happen - but I fear for many projects just getting money without any communication of intend will be used for the most popular features (that still are considered improvable).
Most projects will have several features that they'd love to improve if they had the resources, so prioritizing is hard
Show threadaaronMay 12
@Doomed_Daniel @lcruggeri @dennyhenke Yup, and there would have to be some way of holding the projects accountable for how the money was used.
Show threadDaniel GibsonMay 12
@fireborn @lcruggeri @dennyhenke
I wonder if a different model of paying someone to work on accessibility who then works on different projects as needed would be better - but OTOH that might not work that well given how hard it is to contribute code to some bigger projects, especially as an outsider...
Show threadDaniel GibsonMay 12
@fireborn @lcruggeri @dennyhenke
It really is a hard problem, especially if no one with deep pockets (like a company) takes the initiative.
I mean "we got a couple of hundred bucks of donations for accessibility this month" sounds great, but only buys maybe handful of developer hours when going by standard industry rates
Show threadaaronMay 12
@Doomed_Daniel @lcruggeri @dennyhenke I'd do this if I could, but, quite rightly so, I don't have the public reputation and reliability needed for people to be willing to fund it. and I still have to do my day job, which is working on nuclear safety in digitial.