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When usage is increasing rapidly and is literally ~ 50% of the entire planet right now, how is ANY kind of 'death' a useful descriptor?

IPv4 is the one that descriptor belongs on, eh?


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alt22701/03/2026

No I dont agree at all.

Usage is in no way 'rapidly increasing', in fact the google graph everyone is touting around shows that it has taken over 10 years to not even get to 50%. It also shows it is slowing down, the curve is starting to become less steep.

When Maximum possible IPv6 usage is not even at 50% after over a decade and the usage curve is slowing, how can you possibly say that IPv4 is dying and IPv6 usage is rapidly increasing?

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