Not to mention that I'm more likely to use Firefox than to sign up for a Facebook or Skype account. I think one browser (and potentially others) building on a feature is better than requiring someone to sign up for an account on a site/service that they otherwise may not want.
Either way, that's just my preference. Facebook and Google and Microsoft are perfectly welcome to build their video chat services on their respective networks and I think that Firefox is also welcome to try to build that functionality into their browser. As long as you can disable it if it causes issues (or better yet, need to enable it with a button making it opt-in rather than opt-out) I'll be glad to check it out and see if it's useful.
I remember using AIM and ICQ and other IM programs until Google built chat into the Gmail web interface. Starting that day I moved away from one service and started using another despite the fact that I hadn't really considered the option before.
If Firefox's implementation sucks or isn't enough to get people to adopt it (a la Google+ in the minds of most potential users) then nothing will change. If it turns out to be useful and well made then maybe people will find something superior to their current chat platform.
That said, I don't think their main roadblock will be resistance to using a particular browser. It will be from people in the general userbase wanting a chat platform that works on mobile as well as in the browser or on the desktop. I use GTalk/Hangouts specifically because it's the same across my home computers, my work computer, my Nexus 5, and my iPad. I know plenty of people who use Facebook or Skype for the same reasons.
Either way, that's just my preference. Facebook and Google and Microsoft are perfectly welcome to build their video chat services on their respective networks and I think that Firefox is also welcome to try to build that functionality into their browser. As long as you can disable it if it causes issues (or better yet, need to enable it with a button making it opt-in rather than opt-out) I'll be glad to check it out and see if it's useful.
I remember using AIM and ICQ and other IM programs until Google built chat into the Gmail web interface. Starting that day I moved away from one service and started using another despite the fact that I hadn't really considered the option before.
If Firefox's implementation sucks or isn't enough to get people to adopt it (a la Google+ in the minds of most potential users) then nothing will change. If it turns out to be useful and well made then maybe people will find something superior to their current chat platform.
That said, I don't think their main roadblock will be resistance to using a particular browser. It will be from people in the general userbase wanting a chat platform that works on mobile as well as in the browser or on the desktop. I use GTalk/Hangouts specifically because it's the same across my home computers, my work computer, my Nexus 5, and my iPad. I know plenty of people who use Facebook or Skype for the same reasons.