[thrower123]

I don't really get the point of keeping video open. I'm always either looking at emails, a shared desktop, an issue tracker, or some kind of document while we are on calls. Seeing people sip coffee and pick their nose doesn't really add anything except bandwidth.

[pbhjpbhj]

If someone is presenting it's useful to be able to gauge how well it's going, whether people are paying attention, if they're bored, etc..

[dylan604]

Then let that be a presenter's view. Don't make everyone suffer through it. When I'm in a room with people in a meeting, I'm focused on the presenter. I'm not looking at everyone in the room at the same time.

[0xffff2]

In Teams at least, you can disable all incoming video.