@apisashla @clarfonthey I'm not convinced that that's a meaningful factor, to be honest - entirely too many people have dynamic IPs for "remembering your IP" to be viable at any real scale, for starters.

Not to mention that there's a much more obvious reason why IPv6 is lagging: because right now IPv4 addresses are a valuable asset that networking companies have a lot of, and the scarcity + needing them is what makes them valuable, so there's a direct monetary loss associated with broader IPv6 deployment.

@joepie91 @apisashla @clarfonthey Shrug it off all you want, but it's cited regularly as an argument against IPv6 — usually in the context of one's RFC 1918 addresses.

That said, I'm not saying the reason you offer is wrong; there are a multitude of factors making IPv6 less preferred for many.

(I will note that for some parties, there is a "direct monetary loss associated with" continuing to depend upon IPv4, too — the adoption graphs don't go "up and to the right" just due to good vibes. 😀)

@jima @joepie91 @apisashla it's cited regularly but it genuinely feels like a bad-faith argument cited to avoid discussing the more likely reasons which you and others mentioned: reducing access to the public web, selling addresses as a scarce resource, not wanting to spend money to upgrade, etc.

@clarfonthey @joepie91 @apisashla While I won't disagree with you that SOME OF IT is very likely bad faith arguments masking something else, I implore you to understand that a lot of people are lazy and don't want to learn new things. 🥲

@jima @clarfonthey @apisashla This does not match my experiences. Rather, I've found that when it *seems* like people "don't want to learn new things", there's usually a different underlying reason that's not being spoken aloud for one reason or another.