I was really happy when they added the pictures! Dyslexia, the icons are 100% faster for me, I don't use those menus often enough to know what is in there word wise, but I can read the icons super fast.
So it should be an accessibility setting. I don't mind if the default is on or off.
It shouldn’t even be just you and others with dyslexia either.
Processing images is always faster than processing text for everyone.
How can you read the icons if they mean different things in different apps?