Queue all the conspiracy theories and people ignoring the fact that every MacBook ships with an HD camera.

Could it be that M$ (haven't used that in a while) is tired of manufacturers shipping garbage with Microsoft's latest OS installed?

I remember purchasing a brand new HP Tablet for under $100 that shipped with Microsoft's latest OS (8.1 I believe). I knew it was going to be bad, I was curious just how bad though. I wasn't prepared for HP to look at my incredibly low expectations and say "hold my beer".

When you purchase an Apple product, any Apple product, you know it's going to be at worst a middling experience.

It seems like Microsoft's requirements for Windows 11 are just holding manufacturers to higher expectations.