• NocturnalEngineer@lemmy.world
    671·
    5 months ago

    IPv4 isn’t depreciated, it’s exhausted. It’s still a key cornerstone of our current internet today.

    We still have “modern” hardware being deployed with piss-poor IPv6 support (if any at all). Until that gets fixed, adoption rates will continue to be low. Adding warnings will only result in annoying people, not driving for improvement.

    • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      8·
      5 months ago

      Adding warnings will only result in annoying people, not driving for improvement.

      Given how poorly adoption has gone so far this might be the only way to get actual fast support rolled out. Piss people off, get change

    • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      103·
      5 months ago

      IPv4 isn’t depreciated, it’s exhausted.

      exhaustion probably also constitutes as “deprecated” once the utility of a system designed to be, well, useful no longer meets the usefulness quotient that it previously provided. Suddenly It’s “deprecated technology”