• derekabutton@lemmy.world
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    28 days ago

    Why would you be sitting behind the screen? If you need to film a conversation between two people with one webcam…have the webcam face their profiles

    To answer your question directly- because it wouldn’t serve a need that users typically have.

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      28 days ago

      have you never been in a workshop and wanted to show someone what you’re working on? it would be awesome to just be able to flip the camera and walk over

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        I wouldn’t suggest that there is no use for this kind of camera. Yours is a good example. But for the cost and risk of damage, that is not something that most would want by default in a laptop.

        Also I have a phone with a camera for that purpose

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        I mean, I would turn the laptop around. Or the webcam on the PC. Or use my phone for the call?