You're pretty much correct. Even in this thread there are people saying "oh the Gemini browser can decide whether to render inline images", which is exactly wha

You're pretty much correct. Even in this thread there are people saying "oh the Gemini browser can decide whether to render inline images", which is exactly what Mosaic did. The main advantage this has is that it will not get popular enough to experience the scope creep that the web did so will probably remain relatively pure.