Well, my experiences match the OP's and it was definitely not very related to pandemic considering that people was not even trying to use Zoom or chat. And thi

Well, my experiences match the OP's and it was definitely not very related to pandemic considering that people was not even trying to use Zoom or chat. And this includes people who had no job at the time so "I spend already 8 hours a day on video so please give me a break" were not a majority.