How is that even comparable? A Laptop's camera is always pointing at you or your room. A phone's camera is mostly in your pockets or pointing at the ceiling.
We’ve had plenty of app developers manipulate the microphone without permission until Apple cracked down on it. With the latest versions of macOS, Apple has done the same. But it seems to me if people are wary of their computer, maybe they shouldn’t forget about the other computer they’re probably looking at way more often.