I agree this approach can be distracting, but I'm still glad OBS is adding this feature. There are times when it's "better than nothing" (if you're in a coffee

I agree this approach can be distracting, but I'm still glad OBS is adding this feature. There are times when it's "better than nothing" (if you're in a coffee shop or an airport or something where your background would be genuinely distracting). It's important to remember that OBS is a bit of a "swiss army knife" and there are plenty of use cases where this could be handy. That said, I've done background replacement using chroma key with OBS and it's quite easy. Anybody serious about streaming (or recording) video who wants to remove the background should own one. I own something called the "web around" which is a fabric disc supported by a tension wire around its circumference that attaches to the back of your chair. I'm convinced that this (and a decent microphone) do make a difference in how people perceive me in meetings and presentations.