Mercanis wrote:

I go online with the expectation that everything I do on there is part of the public record, so privacy concerns go out the window once the ethernet cord gets plugged into the console. If I cared more about privacy, I'd stop using Gmail, create my own mail server, and distribute PGP keys to my family.

Corrections:
"There I am sitting on my couch[. M]y face is a creepy grey, my eyes sockets dark."
"the glowing [X]box symbol"
"Stay as quiet as possible[.] Kinect is trying to hear you."
"the screen i[s] filled"
"(games, TV, clips, friends, pictures, videos, profile, etc.,)" (extra comma after etc.)
"I’m sitting there on the couch[,] the green arrow box over my head."
"Next time[,] Ryse of the Drivatars."

CowCookie wrote:

First:
I don't get all the whining about how long it takes to set up both consoles. I've seen it all over the place with both the PS4 and Xbox One. It's a fact of life with pretty much every technology these days. I have to set up a new smart phone, a new TV, Roku, etc. Consoles are much more complex. I'm not at all surprised they have some set up time—and I'm especially ambivalent since set up is something that customers will (hopefully) only have to do once or twice per console cycle. It just doesn’t seem that onerous.

Second:
I get the privacy concerns, but we’re butting up against the limits of what
consoles can do, at least with regards to social connectivity, without ceding
some of our privacy. Eventually, customers are going to have to make the choice
on what they value more: the extra features that openness allows or the greater
security that privacy allows. We do ourselves a disservice by framing the
discussion as a conspiracy instead of as a choice that involves trade-offs. Let's just ensure that companies our upfront with what we're giving up so that we can make informed decisions