Why don’t all products carry Braille embossing?

Why don’t all products carry Braille embossing?

I bought a new brand of bleach yesterday.
It had the word ‘bleach’ in braille on it, beside the barcode.

I looked it up in the dictionary to figure out what it was.
No other product in my bathroom had any embossing on it.
Now that I know the alphabet, it would be handy.

I have sometimes included shopping for my neighbours after eye operations, but now I’m thinking they only asked me for basics. What if they had preferred a choice? Another bossy neighbour offers, but I’ve heard him say “You don’t want that, it’s too expensive.” and people decline his offer. I’ve heard them say “How much is it?” and him reply “Too much, you don’t want to know.”

If you have no choice about being blind, are you denied all other choices? Why doesn’t every regular household product have embossed Braille labels as standard? How can they possibly choose? What if they would like to buy, say, condoms? Or anything more personal and yet normal? I would dread being dependent on how others feel.

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