Comment by Tagbert
8 months ago
Because there is more than just a camera. There is the camera, two sensors, and some mounting hardware. It all adds up to some space. The specific size doesn’t really matter especially if you use Bartender to properly manage the app icons.
See the camera module here: https://forums.macrumors.com/attachments/img_0383-jpeg.22053...
I know, but the other two sensors are for color temperature and light level. There's no reason they couldn't be in the bezel or the bottom of the display, and they don't need that massive chunk just to mount a camera.
Before Apple Silicon I always set the menu bar to autohide, and it bugs me unreasonably that I can't do that anymore.