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Disagree. I would expect 90% or more of the folks coming to Frigate would know what an NVR is. Would be nice to define all things definitely but NVR seems table stakes knowledge to even consider using Frigate.

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I'm exactly the target market for this, I've been looking at using Frigate for the past month, and I've done a ton of research.

I did not know what "NVR" meant prior to reading the OP.

100% of people coming to frigate can read "networked video recorder".

So what? Like I said it does not hurt to define but at the same time if you don’t know what NVR stands for, Frigate is not for you. It’s like reading an equity research paper and complaining EPS is not defined. Some things just don’t need to be defined and if you don’t know, you most likely are not the target audience.

Seeing this bizarre gatekeeping made it crystal clear I don't want to do anything near Frigate ecosystem /devices.

Even though it would suit me perfectly - simply by treating people like me, not knowing that acronym before, as somewhat "unworthy".

Cult.

It's engineers. There is a good reason companies send sales people, not engineers, to meet customers.

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