That was a great read, and I think an important one too. Thx a lot for sharing it with us. I hope it reaches more devs and people that are able to impact the way Linux is made.

I'm not blind myself but I've enough serious health issue that I've know for quite some time that I may become blind, anytime. I don't know what I would do when/if that happen. I really don't want to move back to Apple as a user, but I'm also not a hacker at all. I won't be able to do all what you did, nor go through all that.

I'm a 50+ years old user that is so not technically proficient that I realized it was simpler for me to try various distros up until I found one on which I was able to... connect my Airpod because I could not get them to work on the distro I was using back then, despite dutifully reading all the docs, forums and blog posts I could put my hands on. So, yeah, blind I would be completely lost and without much help to count on I would probably not have much choice but to quit using Linux.

BTW, if anyone is wondering, Mint was the distro that 'Just Worked' with those stupid Airpod. It worked great out of the box and it still works great a few years later and has been working so with anything I've thrown at it so far. And, yep, since Mint I also have completely quit switching distro. That being said, I have no idea how great it would work as a blind user... I think I'll have to check that asap.

Once again, thx for sharing your experience, as well as your emotions on that. I don't know about others, but I do think emotions are at least as important as facts when we're considering users. I also think it would help Linux a lot to realize how this lack of care you mention is a real issue, if not the main issue. I mean it at every level, not just with potential deal-breakers situations like what you're faced with. And, yeah, I say that as a most-of-the-time happy Linux user myself.