Others have called out the extremity of this position, so I'll leave that alone, but do consider the practical/technical limitations here. Whenever there's a ca

Others have called out the extremity of this position, so I'll leave that alone, but do consider the practical/technical limitations here. Whenever there's a call with more than one or two speakers with a going video feed, the quality of the stream degrades precipitously. Depending on the quality of the teleconferencing software, either the whole call will become entirely unworkable and audio will get mangled, or the video streams will degrade into mush anyway. Because of this, unless I'm expecting to be the primary presenter in a meeting or unless it's a 1:1, I'll usually "mute" the video feed. If I don't start video-muted, I'll frequently do it mid-call as people complain about lag, choppy audio, or inability to make out the primary presenter's screen. There's no reason to put the extra technical tax on the call just so people can see what I look like when I'm staring at a screen. Please consider this as an alternative motivation, rather than assuming that anyone who isn't making themselves visible is slacking off.