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		goodpoint on July 3, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 40% of Google users now connect via IPv6 Despite the downvotes you are right. IPv6 replaces IPv4 rather than building on top of it and this really harmed adoption.

Arnt on July 3, 2022 [–]

I read all of the IPv6-ish proposals at the time, and they all had major problems of one kind or another. The chosen proposal "really harmed adoption" when compared to a pie in the sky, not to the other proposals.

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