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Comment by jnty

6 years ago

The definition of niche is literally "appeals to a small, specialized section of the population" so, er, yes.

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normalnorm  6 years ago

Perhaps, but in this case Google would just have to comply with the standards, which are not niche at all.

  • coldtea  6 years ago

    The standards just describe what to do to make a standards compliant HTML page, what tags are allowed etc.

    There are no standards that say that e.g. your page can't be all dependent on JS.

    In other words, Google could be 100% standards compliant, and not work in Lynx.

    • normalnorm  6 years ago

      The grammar of the English language does not forbid one to write in Greek, but if you choose to write in Greek only, you will compromise on a lot of people being able to understand you.

      The same with standards, and you are misunderstanding on purpose.

      If Google chooses to not support simple HTML, then they are choosing to not support countless accessibility tools, and they know it. Some blind people will have a more miserable life because Google attained a de facto monopoly, but does not recognize some of the moral obligations that people like me feel should come with such a position. "With great power comes great responsibility", or maybe not.

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