I think Toyota’s assembly line vs General Motors’s assembly line is an analogy that relates to the importance of being proactive about digital accessibility. Toyota revolutionized the assembly line because its workers were encouraged to stop the line if a problem occurred. GM had a policy that the line could never stop and they’d fix the car’s issues after it was built. GM struggled to remediate its cars, while Toyota’s cars became world renowned for being of high quality. This can be applied to digital accessibility. Teams should prioritize ensuring their product is accessible from the start rather than creating an inaccessible product that needs to be remediated afterwards. #accessibility https://www.thisamericanlife.org/561/transcript
Tl;dr the best American cars were made by Toyota.
Gonna be saving this link to link to in the future. Thanks for reminding me it exists