I understand people not wanting to be in a large meeting with their camera on but for anything <10 or so where everyone is participating I greatly prefer video

I understand people not wanting to be in a large meeting with their camera on but for anything <10 or so where everyone is participating I greatly prefer video chats. Video is still not a perfect substitute for in-person but it's GoodEnough (tm) for me. You don't get the full body motion cues but you get the majority of them and that's invaluable. I've heard/used the phrase "X, you look like you don't agree", "X, do you see an issue with this approach?", "X, do you have something to add?", etc. Personally I get a lot of value from being on either side of that exchange, either me saying it to my boss or my boss saying it to me. With audio-only it would be impossible to notice these things or see that a team member has opened their mouth 2-3 times but someone else talked first, with video I can say "I think X has something to add". For larger meetings I can understand the fatigue but I absolutely love video chat for smaller meetings. I can easily tell when someone is distracted or might not have understood what I was saying. I've just stopped talking before because I can tell my boss/coworker just got a message or heard something off-screen that they need to address right away whereas without video I would have not known. I would have just kept talking until they finally said "Hold on a second", with video I know almost right when it happens and I don't have to repeat myself or try to figure out how how much to repeat.