I think you should all chill out a bit in the comments. It is totally fine to hint at problems for disabled persons. Of course Op could have used different wording but I think their noble intent is clear. Now of course it would be nice that Op already presented a set of solutions to the problem they noticed but it is totally fair to not have them. I'm sure there are decent alternatives to visual-only captchas. So instead of telling Op to "fuck off" you could all be either ignore this request or try to actually be a decent human being and offer possible solutions. Now of course the admins have to decide it those other options are technically feasible. You have to keep in mind that many small instances do not have resources to those kind of technical experiments when they don't work out of the box.

Yes the wording of this post is needlessly demanding, but people here blaming the disabled for a world that disables them need to think about their life choices.

You don't tell a guy in a wheelchair to "just get legs" when he stands before a stair without ramp, you tell the guy who build the stairs to build a ramp.

Equally you don't tell someone with impaired vision to "just host their own instance" you tell the guy who implemented the captcha to include an audio captcha.

Sure it should be done niceley and understanding from both sites, sure both should work on the solution, sure sometimes it isn't possible to include everyone. But if someone would be to blame, its the ones excluding, not the ones excluded.

God, people show some solidarity for once.

You're going about this the wrong way. You'd be better off contacting admins first, they may not be aware that captchas are difficult for the visually impaired (it isn't common knowledge, since the accessibility methods aren't something most people have used).

Heck, I didn't even know the accessibility tools didn't work with them. I had figured it wouldn't be any worse than any selection field, and I know visually impaired people that use them. This is the first I've heard of it, so a random admin wouldn't be more likely to know.

You'd likely get a faster response with a direct communication, and be more likely to be able to discuss alternatives.

I suggest you either come up with a better solution or host your own instance.

Complaining about it without offering a good alternative won't get you anywhere

lemmy devs/tchncs admins might be interested in cloudflare turnstile, captcha replacement which doesen't involve solving a puzzle. iirc it runs some proof-of-work and sometimes requries you to check a single checkbox.

Just chose another instance where signup is without captchas?!