> It's sad, is what it is. With graphics being everywhere in 2021, I wouldn't call this situation "sad," I'd think a lot more critically about why. To start w

> It's sad, is what it is. With graphics being everywhere in 2021, I wouldn't call this situation "sad," I'd think a lot more critically about why. To start with, fixed-width text is significantly easier to work with than graphics. Nothing's stopping anyone from writing a CI tool that outputs to HTML with embedded images. The bigger question is why it's uncommon.