alt Hacker News> and choose a provider
Lots of people don't have much choice.
Frankly, my IoT washing machine having a public IP address sounds like it'll get shut off when I don't let it online or don't pay my subscription fee.
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preisschild • 01/04/2026
Funfact my washing machine has a public ipv6 address, but egress/ingress conns to the WAN are blocked. works great.
> Lots of people don't have much choice.
Yeah but it's not like IPv4 is any better at giving you a stable public address.