Keeping the mic active when you’re in a call but have the mic muted is acceptable and understandable. At any other time, it would make me think the app is recor

Keeping the mic active when you’re in a call but have the mic muted is acceptable and understandable. At any other time, it would make me think the app is recording everything and shipping the recordings to the friendly neighborhood TLA agent. Joining a call on Zoom/Teams/whatever already takes a few seconds, so there’s no excuse for this “optimization”.