Just in the last few months, it seems like everyone who is doing content creation on youtube (etc.) is holding a tiny mic up, in the frame of the camera.
I get that mics are needed, but a good desk mic or a headset or whatever else you might imagine is just as good acoustically, and far less distracting. And they were all in use up until a few months ago.
Is this just a fashion trend?
also this
OK, before asking this question, I was merely baffled. Now after this video, I hate holding tiny mics, hate tiktok and youtube content creators, and hate everything about the internet more than ever before.