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Re:Remove Firefox Hello from FF49 by adrusi on Saturday July 30, 2016 @09:42AM (#12192921)
Well for one, Firefox Hello works with a centralized signaling server running proprietary code. Not appealing to the contingent of Firefox users who use it because it's the most in-line with free software ideals of the popular browsers.
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Re:Remove Firefox Hello from FF49 by icebraining on Saturday July 30, 2016 @10:10AM (#12193036)
running proprietary code

No, the server is MPLv2 licensed: https://github.com/mozilla-services/loop-server

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Re:Remove Firefox Hello from FF49 by adrusi on Saturday July 30, 2016 @10:50AM (#12193175)
As I understand, It uses Telefonica's proprietary (and misleadingly named) OpenTok platform. The README you linked even mentions specifying TokBox credentials.
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Re:Remove Firefox Hello from FF49 by dingaling on Saturday July 30, 2016 @01:49PM (#12193901)
You are correct, Hello used OpenTok. To enable Hello with NoScript active one had to whitelist opentok.com and tokbox.com

Loop Server was indeed open source but sat downstream from the WebRTC and STUN / TURN provider

https://wiki.mozilla.org/File:Loop-network.png

Interesting to see OpenTok's pricing, though presumably Mozilla had an 'arrangement' with Telefonica:

https://tokbox.com/pricing

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