What’s up with the video-interviews and for some reason video is only on for me.

This has happened in several interviews at various companies lately. They’ll say something like “ oh we’re having bandwidth issues today and to ensure we have the best feedback quality we ask that excuse us for not using video at this time and also ask that you leave your video enabled. It makes me feel so awkward. It’s like the equivalent of feeling you’re being watched by a stranger. Anyone else care to chime in on this?