Images can only be linked to "file" or "content" and the link to the "file" page isn't housed within the Drupal context

Is there a reason image fields that are linked to their file (generally for linking a thumbnail to larger image) are linked to only the file itself without the context of the Drupal page surrounding it?

I would understand for other types of files (eg pdf, etc.), but viewing only the image without the website context and only having the option of using the browser's "back" button (otherwise you are at a dead end) seems like a bad idea. Many internet users don't know how to use their back button. Ideally the link would go to a page with just the name of the file as the title and the full image displayed below (the Media module shows images in this way).

Also the link to "content" in my website experience is not very useful. This is because when you are clicking the linked image you are usually on a node page and therefore the link points back to the page you are already viewing.

I may be missing other contexts that these functionalities are useful for, but it seems my use of these image links is one of the most common.