css - Why don't :before and :after pseudo elements work with `img` elements?

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The spec says...

Note. This specification does not fully define the interaction of :before and :after with replaced elements (such as IMG in HTML). This will be defined in more detail in a future specification.

I guess this means they don't work with img elements (for now).

Also see this answer.