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est31 on Aug 3, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: AWS to begin charging for public IPv4 addresses

AWS has spent billions (with a b) on ipv4 addresses: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36991477

This investment wasn't just of a strategic nature: they have enough market power to hold back the move towards ipv6.

blibble on Aug 3, 2023 [–]

how does reducing your competitiveness in the ipv4 market (what they've done today) hurt ipv6?

it will have the exact opposite effect

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