> It feels like the mid-90's web.

mid-90's web embraced weirdness and creativity. Primarily recognizing that we get so much info visually.

Gemini says: no, it's only text, no creativity or weirdness allowed. While I sort of understand where the authors are coming from, I think they threw the baby (or some of the baby) away with the bathwater.

Yes, some of this can be rectified by clients (like the insistence that images must be external), but clients can only take it so far.