You probably know this but aria-role is not an attribute, the ARIA attribute you're thinking of is simply role. Your point still stands, if someone makes an el

You probably know this but aria-role is not an attribute, the ARIA attribute you're thinking of is simply role. Your point still stands, if someone makes an element other than <a href...> look and behave like a link, they should also add role="link" to convey that role to assistive technologies.