Honest question: why do you need to see their faces and their surroundings, and conversely show your face and what's around you? Furthermore if you have to aim your camera to you and watch the screen you can't put the phone in your pocket and move around and do things, or pretend to be 100% committed to the call.

An audio call is much more convenient in my experience.

Edit: I could be your father but I did my share of video calls when they were a novelty and I was about your age. They didn't stick. They got interesting again only when we couldn't see our friends during the covid lockdown.