Re: [csswg-drafts] [css-anchor-position-1] `::placeholder` being an acceptable anchor exposes UA implementation details (#12949)

I think it should be ok to not accept the current `::placeholder` as an anchor, _but_ what I think should be brought up: it would be great if when we define the `appearance: base` styles for the inputs, we would define the placeholder there properly, and _that_ placeholder could become an acceptable anchor.

I don't see many use cases for this, but you could potentially want to show some icon before/after the placeholder, and without anchoring that won't be possible.

Semi-related, from a practical standpoint, one thing you'd actually want to anchor things is to the actual text inside an input :)

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