Re: [svg-aam] SVG-AAM spec says unlabeled images should use the generic/none role, but implementations and others disagree (#32)

> a good explanation documented here for why image is different to shapes (rect, circle, etc.) with respect to them being exposed when unlabelled

Quick answer: Unless you have a fully transparent or solid color image, there is always more information embedded in the pixel data of an image than in the vector data of an SVG shape. The spec requiring the engine to not expose them actively requires the engine suppress data from a blind user that sighted users will receive. There could be a similar shorthand to mark as decorative (Like HTML's `alt=""`), but without that de facto pattern, they should be passed through to the platform APIs.

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