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But is it the responsibility of the operating system to do that, by default? What if the operating system started to bleep out swear words from the microphone?

But is it the responsibility of the operating system to do that, by default? What if the operating system started to bleep out swear words from the microphone? Or blurring out obscene gestures? Sure, make the software available on install, or even prompt it's configuration and opt in on installation. But it's not and should not be the responsibility of the OS to apply effects or manipulate or alter the data of the hardware.

amazingman 3y ago
> it's not and should not be the responsibility of the OS to apply effects or manipulate or alter the data of the hardware. This position is unworkable in so many cases, but it's especially so for cameras. The data coming out of these sensors is awful, and requires several computationally-expensive passes to clean up. Once you grant that there is a spectrum of data manipulation where reasonable defaults must be selected, you grant that your stated position is unrealistic.