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Re:Apple added an orange dot that’s a showstopper for live v... by radus on Monday December 20, 2021 @05:26PM (#29631196)
Here's what it boils down to:

notifications = low probability

orange dot = 100%

The risk of an embarrassing notification got traded for the certainty of the orange dot.

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Re:Apple added an orange dot that’s a showstopper for live v... by rasz on Monday December 20, 2021 @06:59PM (#29632104)
alt tabbing by accident to a folder full of goat pr0n thumbnails = quite routine in schools/during presentations
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Re:Apple added an orange dot that’s a showstopper for live v... by dkonofalski on Monday December 20, 2021 @05:46PM (#29631471)
It's not 100% unless you're using an input to record audio and then it's there for a reason. 99% of the people in these threads aren't going to see this during their PowerPoints because they're not recording anything and the 1% that do and care about the dot should be using a hardware I/O device anyways because the OS can do a lot more than just display a dot. Additionally, applications can also fix this themselves by using Apple's APIs.
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