I also find it distracting and prefer people wouldn't do it. However they have the right to privacy and not showing me their house, so the choice is theirs. Th

I also find it distracting and prefer people wouldn't do it. However they have the right to privacy and not showing me their house, so the choice is theirs. The implementation matters a lot too. I found that for most people the Zoom implementation is pretty bad. The Google Meet one is typically less distracting especially on blur mode. (because the flickering isn't as noticable than when flipping between two completely different colours)