> Don't even understand why laptops have cameras and microphones. If you're serious about video meetings you'll want an external camera anyway.

The whole point of a laptop is to be able to move around and travel with it.

FWIW you can still encounter laptops without webcams (MNT reform comes to my mind) and you can also choose to disable/load/unload the kernel modules for them dynamically on linux distros and BSDs

HP also allows ordering some of their business laptops without webcams.