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"We could increase the BOM cost putting a bigger camera in but the thickness of the laptop lid is so thin it would never be as good as the phone you most likely
by jedberg 4y ago
"We could increase the BOM cost putting a bigger camera in but the thickness of the laptop lid is so thin it would never be as good as the phone you most likely already own, so we made it easer for you to use that".
It's all a matter of perspective. :) I love the ability to use my phone as a webcam.
- kennend3 4y agoPerspective really is everything. I think that most would be surprised to see a company selling a laptop for $1700 (CAD) in 2022 with a 720 webcam https://www.apple.com/ca/macbook-pro/ https://www.apple.com/ca/macbook-pro/ Doing this, then advising you can use your phone's camera seems like an ugly hack. It is also really awkward to be on a conf call using your phone as a webcam, then needing your phone because something important has come up.
- Terretta 4y agoTry https://getlumina.com/ https://getlumina.com/ for a phone quality looking webcam with nice background blur and center-stage type auto-framing. Or, Logitech Brio w/ Xsplit Vcam https://www.xsplit.com/vcam https://www.xsplit.com/vcam (but Lumina does a better job auto-starting with videoconf tools). Alternatively, get Reincubate's Camo to do Continuity with both iPhones and Android phones, and tons more features: https://reincubate.com/camo/ https://reincubate.com/camo/
- howinteresting 4y agoWell it only works with Apple phones so
- jedberg 4y agoI suspect the Venn diagram of people who use a MacBook and people who use Android has a very small overlap in the circles.
- JadeNB 4y ago> I suspect the Venn diagram of people who use a MacBook and people who use Android has a very small overlap in the circles. Why? I'm in the overlap, and I don't think I'm that unusual.
- howinteresting 4y agoAlmost every Mac user I know is in that category. Generally they use a company-issued Mac for work and have a personal Android phone.
- Toutouxc 4y agoThat sounds like a US thing to me. I know many people who use Macs because they're good value for money, but also use $300 Androids because they're good enough and they're JUST PHONES after all. The cheapest plain iPhone 14 costs $1070 here (or $80 cheaper from my carrier, but that's with an expensive contract, so fuck that). I got my first iPhone after over 8 years of daily-driving a MacBook, and it's the most expensive phone I've ever had.
- cantSpellSober 4y agoIt's nice to have the option of buying and using a single brand of smartphone to use as your laptop's webcam; but I'd prefer to use the laptop's webcam as the laptop's webcam, or use my phone as a webcam. It's all a matter of perspective. :)
- buu700 4y agoAnd yet they insist on putting a notch on all new MacBooks. Seems like adding a webcam-free option and expanding Continuity Camera support to Android would be a pretty easy win.
- dbmnt 4y ago> expanding Continuity Camera support to Android Hahaha. Don't hold your breath. It's not going to happen for a couple of reasons. The large variety of Android devices would make reliability and support quite challening, mostly at Apple's expense. Which brings us to the second point: Tim Cook says "buy your mom an iPhone". (ref: https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/7/23342243/tim-cook-apple-rcs-imessage-android-iphone-compatibility https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/7/23342243/tim-cook-apple-rc...)
- mikestew 4y agoThat doesn't explain why the $3K 27" iMac on my desk has a 720p camera. Big expensive Mac, with a camera off an off-brand Windows laptop.
- dont__panic 4y agoOr the awful quality of the Studio Display webcam!