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The original iSight camera had a leaf shutter. It's not a foreign concept to them.

• saagarjha 6y ago
  The original iSight had a hundred times more depth and also happened to be an external camera. Bringing it up here is irrelevant.
  • bigwavedave 6y ago
    It's not irrelevant, it's information that allows any reasonable person to conclude that Apple implemented a solution before and has since decided to exchange that simple and effective failsafe for a marginally thinner product. I can't physically control whether I have a naked camera pointed at me all day but hey, at least my laptop can fit into a manilla envelope, right? Right? Totally worth it.
    • saagarjha 6y ago
      It’s irrelevant to bring up iSight’s shutter because they are totally different products. It was literally hundreds of times larger than the cameras we’re talking about here; so it makes no sense to expect a shutter on these just because iSight had them more than a decade ago. That’s like saying that a racecar should have folding seats because a minivan might have it and they are both vehicles.