Agreed. I find so much peace of mind in the microphone / webcam hardware switches of my Framework laptop.
Seeing the webcam actually vanish from the list of devices is very nice. :D
In their new upcoming webcam module for Framework they would still cut off the sensor power, but not the USB interface due to usability issues (e.g. in my experience Google Meet can detect the camera after the privacy switch turned on, but Zoom and Microsoft Teams do not)