In reply to Concerned contributor.

Agree with this 100%. It's hard to argue that Gutenberg is anything other than a Automattic run project. The people, the methodology, the governance(!), the lack of clear roadmap or objectives, the technologies, the arbitrary deadlines - the list goes on.

Making things accessible is a fundamental part of doing our job properly as developers.

The a11y team have done brilliant work at making it possible for more people to use WordPress, and the fact that the standards that have been put in place are being treated as optional is just not right. It is an embarrassment watching people call the WordPress project out on this.

If Matt wants to ignore accessibility at Automattic, good luck to him - but let's not make it harder for people to use open source software that powers 30% of the web (think of it as market share if that helps, Matt).