“Any affordable webcam (even at the high end of affordability, $100+), uses inadequate and typically years-old hardware backed by mediocre software that literally makes you look bad.”
The best-selling webcams blow out highlights, smear detail and fake skin smoothing. The phone in your pocket has a far better camera. The test is fair, but read the masthead. It comes from Reincubate, which sells Camo, the app that turns your iPhone into a webcam. The conclusion is right. It is also an ad.