La Minute Builder #15 — Digital accessibility is no longer a should-have. It's a must-have.
« On June 4, 2026, a court ruling reminded Carrefour: digital accessibility is no longer a should-have. It's a must-have. »
The Tribunal judiciaire de Caen ordered Carrefour to make its e-commerce website and mobile app accessible to people with visual impairments.
The consequences are concrete:
- 6 months to comply
- A €500 penalty per day of delay
- €10,000 in damages paid to the associations behind the case
What interests me in this decision isn't the sanction.
It's the message it sends to every product, design and engineering team.
From backlog leftover to design requirement
For a long time, digital accessibility was often pushed to the end of a project.
Today, it belongs among the requirements from the start of design.
And that's excellent news.
Because an accessible interface doesn't only benefit people with disabilities.
Accessibility is not a feature
Accessibility is not a feature.
It's a characteristic of a well-designed product — just like security, performance or maintainability.
I'm convinced it must be built in from product design.
Adding it at the end of a project almost always costs more than designing it from day one.
« Does your team integrate accessibility from the start of product design — or is it still treated as a late-project step? »
Sources
Tribunal judiciaire de Caen — decision reported by Droit Pluriel: https://lnkd.in/efbUaQ7R
Le Monde: https://lnkd.in/ekHD3-tn
Handicap.fr: https://lnkd.in/eZfhG-D4
