I have previously raised the issue of including habitat photos and am strongly in favour. They are both useful for identification and interesting. They definitely support the iNaturalist aim of getting people to take more interest in nature, so if they are a problem for the secondary aim of training AI, I urge a work-around to be implemented.
#Correction: It wasn’t me who raised this previously. I just contributed later. Habitat images - is there a rule somewhere - General - iNaturalist Community Forum