Needs text alternative. Images of text break much that text alternatives do not. Losses due to image of text lacking alternative such as link:

• usability
• we can’t quote the text without pointless bullshit like retyping it or OCR
• text search is unavailable
• the system can’t
• reflow text to varied screen sizes
• vary presentation (size, contrast)
• vary modality (audio, braille)
• accessibility
• lacks semantic structure (tags for titles, heading levels, sections, paragraphs, lists, emphasis, code, links, accessibility features, etc)
• some users can’t read this due to lack of alt text
• users can’t adapt the text for dyslexia or vision impairments
• systems can’t read the text to them or send it to braille devices
• web connectivity
• we have to do failure-prone bullshit to find the original source
• we can’t explore wider context of the original message
• authenticity: we don’t know the image hasn’t been tampered
• searchability: the “text” isn’t indexable by search engine in a meaningful way
• fault tolerance: no text fallback if
• image breaks
• image host is geoblocked due to insane regulations. Contrary to age & humble appearance, text is an advanced technology that provides all these capabilities absent from images.

image of longass text