100% it's fake scaremongering
unless you're using extremely heavy duty tape or a hot glue gun or something, you cannot possibly do actual damage to a laptop by covering the camera
(apparently there are cover things that can fuck your screen up, see comment below)
if the apple product can't see your face and calculate how happy you are living in apple's vibrant and singularly innovative ecosystem of technology products, apple will not be able to accurately recommend the correct apple product or service to optimize your enjoyment index.
the third-parties sell these little "web cam cover" stick-on things that are thick enough to cause a macbook air screen to crack if you slam the laptop shut or if it's under enough pressure
fair enough (although see edit about pressure), but Apple still has to deal with replacing AppleCare customers' cracked screens so they are putting out an advisory not to use anything thicker than a sheet of paper
100% it's fake scaremongering
unless you're using extremely heavy duty tape or a hot glue gun or something, you cannot possibly do actual damage to a laptop by covering the camera
(apparently there are cover things that can fuck your screen up, see comment below)
But the laptop breathes through the camera hole... you're asphyxiating it!
Thanks Hideo Kojima.
If the camera doesn't detect your face during use it sends a kill switch to all of your Smart devices and your house explodes.
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if the apple product can't see your face and calculate how happy you are living in apple's vibrant and singularly innovative ecosystem of technology products, apple will not be able to accurately recommend the correct apple product or service to optimize your enjoyment index.
the third-parties sell these little "web cam cover" stick-on things that are thick enough to cause a macbook air screen to crack if you slam the laptop shut or if it's under enough pressure
that strikes me as a "don't fucking slam your laptop shut" issue more than a "covering your camera" issue
fair enough (although see edit about pressure), but Apple still has to deal with replacing AppleCare customers' cracked screens so they are putting out an advisory not to use anything thicker than a sheet of paper
fair