- Have the camera portion of the lid stick out a bit
- External webcam
- Move the "notch" into a corner where it's less obtrusive
- Put the webcam in the laptop base instead
Having it stick out is a no-go because things sticking out of a laptop are at risk of breaking off.
External webcam is something extra to carry around and mount. That's even worse than a dongle.
I don't agree that a notch in the corner would be less obtrusive. And the lack of symmetry wouldn't do the appearance of it any favors.
Cameras at the bottom have been done before and they suck. They're called nose cams for a reason.
*Citation needed, but it's vastly better then current gen MBP, and good enough for Video calls.
Disclaimer: I don't care about the notch one bit, already order one, but saying that it's needed for good camera is imo stupid. Imo they eanted to add faceid, but didn't have the time, or enough chips to do it in this iteration.