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Re:Windows 11 laptops will require front facing camera in 2023 by 015a on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @12:55PM (#27751170)
Yeah seriously. Try and find a Windows laptop with no front-facing camera nowadays; they don't exist. Maybe some OEM white-box bargain bin hardware. Even System76, the ultra-privacy respecting Linux laptop vendor, sells precisely zero laptops w/o front-facing cameras.

Even the argument for consistency is tenuous; its already consistent. Microsoft says that all laptops must have DDR memory, at least 4gb. Its the same thing; you don't need memory, technically, to run an OS. Its just better that its there, and operating systems can be more sophisticated knowing that you've got it.

Re:Windows 11 laptops will require front facing camera in 2023 by Hamcha on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @01:08PM (#27751377)
Probably because it would be an unpopular move. I have a friend who had the Zephyrus GA502, a quite successful gaming laptop, and he hated not having a front facing camera.

Hardware shutters is what people should push for imo