Honestly, if I was CEO of a large manufacturing company, I would instruct all my employees to never speak to IPVM. Luckily, im just an owner of a small business so I can blurt out all kinds of stuff as loud as I want to. (there is an ally oop for you, feel free to slam dunk with statement such as "you got that right")
As far as Hikvisions example, their is absolutely 0 benefit for them to speak to IPVM. You have annihilated & vaporized that bridge along time ago. I honestly doubt they will respond to you anytime in the near future, if ever again. I also doubt they care about your opinion about whether its beneficial for them to do so or not. Given the fact that this site has a strong reputation for being a non-objective Hik Hater site, I think they could care less about winning IPVM over. I'm not sure why you even report that they don't respond to your inquiries, because everyone be like "Duh". The sky is also blue, but no need to report on that.
Not trying to be a jerk, just keeping it real.
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