As of 28 June 2025, sites, apps and devices must be easily usable and accessible for everyone. These regulations are set out in the European Accessibility Act. Most companies in our country are not ready for this today, nor are they losing sleep over it. Why would they, after all? The Belgian government missed the deadline to transpose the European directive into national law in August 2022. If we are truly serious about digital inclusion, the government should consider imposing fines on companies that disregard the directive. Sounds drastic? In the long run, it will benefit those companies much more.  An increase in users to start with, more than 15%.