<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>amalcon</author><text>The aftermarket part to disable the Kinect without breaking warranty is not very expensive:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.amazon.com&amp;#x2F;Post--3-Inches-Canary-Yellow-12-Pads&amp;#x2F;dp&amp;#x2F;B00006JNNE&amp;#x2F;ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1371683713&amp;amp;sr=8-2&amp;amp;keywords=post-it+note&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.amazon.com&amp;#x2F;Post--3-Inches-Canary-Yellow-12-Pads&amp;#x2F;d...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Though there are a number of reasons I don&amp;#x27;t like the Xbox One, the Kinect isn&amp;#x27;t one of them.</text><parent_chain><item><author>mikelat</author><text>This page says it&amp;#x27;s disabled by software - not by hardware. So it really depends on how much you trust the software and the people making it. The software is closed source and the people making it also happened to be the first ones to sign onto PRISM.</text></item><item><author>alyx</author><text>Stop spreading privacy FUD.&lt;p&gt;Kinect can be controlled and disabled.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.xbox.com&amp;#x2F;2013&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;privacy&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.xbox.com&amp;#x2F;2013&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;privacy&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>ebbv</author><text>This takes care of the used games issue but it doesn&amp;#x27;t take care of:&lt;p&gt;- $100 more expensive than PS4.&lt;p&gt;- Kinect always included, always connected and always on. Cannot be removed, disabled or turned off.&lt;p&gt;- Netflix behind Xbox Live Gold paywall, available for free on PS4.&lt;p&gt;Plus other numerous functionality complaints such as it&amp;#x27;s supposed to be the way you watch TV but it isn&amp;#x27;t a DVR, you still need a separate DVR. And it&amp;#x27;s supposed to be the center of your home theater but only has a single HDMI input.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Your Feedback Matters – Update on Xbox One</title><url>http://news.xbox.com/2013/06/update</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>baddox</author><text>Well everything is about trust, right? The PS4 could have a completely hidden camera that always on, but most people trust that Sony wouldn&amp;#x27;t do that, or that if they did, someone would quickly find it.</text><parent_chain><item><author>mikelat</author><text>This page says it&amp;#x27;s disabled by software - not by hardware. So it really depends on how much you trust the software and the people making it. The software is closed source and the people making it also happened to be the first ones to sign onto PRISM.</text></item><item><author>alyx</author><text>Stop spreading privacy FUD.&lt;p&gt;Kinect can be controlled and disabled.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.xbox.com&amp;#x2F;2013&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;privacy&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.xbox.com&amp;#x2F;2013&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;privacy&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>ebbv</author><text>This takes care of the used games issue but it doesn&amp;#x27;t take care of:&lt;p&gt;- $100 more expensive than PS4.&lt;p&gt;- Kinect always included, always connected and always on. Cannot be removed, disabled or turned off.&lt;p&gt;- Netflix behind Xbox Live Gold paywall, available for free on PS4.&lt;p&gt;Plus other numerous functionality complaints such as it&amp;#x27;s supposed to be the way you watch TV but it isn&amp;#x27;t a DVR, you still need a separate DVR. And it&amp;#x27;s supposed to be the center of your home theater but only has a single HDMI input.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Your Feedback Matters – Update on Xbox One</title><url>http://news.xbox.com/2013/06/update</url></story>