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by taf2 4461 days ago
Don't most users of the internet not have IPv6 addresses. I know my FIOS and business Comcast lack IPv6 support... I can only imagine that means everyone in a very large radius around my hometown are in the same boat of zero IPv6... That said, I agree it would be nice if the browser vendors handled networks that block all traffic that is not over TCP port 80 and TCP port 443, but I'm certain that it's because WebRTC is non-trivial and we have it's usefulness goes beyond peer to peer...
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WebRTC isn't just non-trivial: It's hard, and the hardest part is the fact that every service provider has to implement a complex network configuration that is difficult to test and exercise.

Even tunnelling IPv6 would be preferable, but my point was about making browser vendors do "the hard work" instead of making service providers.