And you could optimize the use of resources further if you knew the user wasn’t sitting at their desk but that doesn’t mean we should open up webcam APIs as per

And you could optimize the use of resources further if you knew the user wasn’t sitting at their desk but that doesn’t mean we should open up webcam APIs as permissionless. It’s good that you’re using the API in a noble way, but many will not, so it should be up to the user and the settings of the browser they choose to optimize the use of their computer’s resources. You optimize your system as best you can without spying on the user, and the rest is up to them.