Data URI fails with cross origin error on iPad

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Observed behavior: trying to load a data uri fails with a cross origin error on some platforms

Expected behavior: data uris load on all platforms just like any other url would

Steps to reproduce: I tried to load this data uri from glsl-numerify. With a simple resl load command passing it as the source, it works on most platforms just fine. It fails on my iPad with a cross-origin error.

Platform: iPad mini model A1432 (ca. 2012) running iOS 9.1

It seems to work fine if I remove resl and replace it with:

var digitImg = new Image();
digitImg.addEventListener('load', function () {
  ...
});
digitImg.src = require('glsl-numerify').digits.uri;

except this defeats the purpose of the annoying async loading that resl exists to prevent. It may just be that data uris should be detected and handled slightly differently.