Hunter:
And unless they've changed it in Windows 11, you should still be able to use a local profile (which doesn't require a Microsoft login).
Right.
But starting with 8.1 (I think) they made it...difficult, to say the least, to figure out how to do that. Local profile option was no longer on the main page during setup, you had to go looking for it to find it. By Win10, you have to fool your friggin' computer by taking it offline during the install and setup, and even then it tries to look for a connection a few times before it stops and gives you the option to set up an offline profile.
I expect by Windows 11, it'll be even more difficult to do. Much like I expect it to become more difficult to disable automatic updates (once again, by Win10, you have to lie to your computer by telling it you're on a metered connection to get around them), but because users do want those abilities, they'll bury options to do them. Windows is basically trying to make it impossible for casual users to not do things the way Microsoft wants them done, because they think they're idiot-proofing it, but you can usually brute-force it back to doing what you want to do.
I suspect there will be something similar found for the webcams, otherwise, they'll find a whole lot of people unwilling to purchase laptops with Win11. But we'll see.