Sumana Harihareswara on Nostr: On iOS/macOS, by default (starting within the last year I think), making certain ...

On iOS/macOS, by default (starting within the last year I think), making certain gestures during a videocall leads to special effects onscreen - confetti, a rainstorm, cartoon thumbs-up or thumbs-down, etc. In my experience, usually the speaker doesn't intend those supplementals and is as surprised by them as the viewer is.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/105117

And it's not like the software is sensitive enough to context that it switches off for therapists during therapy sessions:

https://www.reddit.com/r/therapists/comments/1dt2er1/comment/lb7yr8u/