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They didn't fucking think about it. It literally never occurred to them to consider all the third-party work that went into being able to make their site actually usable. They just assumed that, obviously, the official app is fine, and people would just "adjust".
The conversation they had with the mods of r/blind was a complete joke. It just never once occurred to anyone that people with accessibility needs use Reddit at all.
The following is a dramatization
"Who in your company has accessibility certifications, and which ones?"
"..... uh....... well, of course we do...[texting their boss what the fuck is an accessibility certification???] I just.... [ding! A what? TF is that?].... am not allowed to answer that..... ... right now..."
"When was the last time you had a third-party accessibility audit, and who performed it?"
".....oh, we.... totally... had an accessibility audit, just... like... you know, just recently! And it was performed by.... uh.... [texting Who the fuck does accessibility audits???]... uh, you know, that big company, from Canada... you've probably never met them... [ding! What audits? The fuck are those? I don't fucking know!] I'm just... not allowed to say right now."