Comment by solarkraft
4 days ago
You’re focusing on the technical difficulty of implementing it in software. This is not the problem. IPv6 support is now present in almost every product, but people still refuse to set it up because it’s so different to what they’re used to (I’m not arguing whether the changes are good - they’re just changes). IPv4+ would’ve solved this social problem.
There’s absolutely, utterly zero chance IPv4+ would be adopted. CGNAT is the solution to the social problem.
I don’t even buy your way of thinking - unlike an “engineering” solution or an “incentives” solution, the problem with “social solutions I speculate about” is: they offer nothing until implemented. They are literally all the same, no difference between the whole world of social solutions, until they are adopted. They are meaningless. They’re the opposite of plans.
Like what’s the difference between IPv4+, which doesn’t exist, and “lets pass a law that mandates ipv6 support”? Nothing. This is what the mockery of “just pass a law” is about. I don’t like those guys, but they are right: it’s meaningless.
This is a good point. The same “why should I migrate” would affect it. However, it being so close to the predecessor, it would be much easier to do so, catching way more people who are on the fence.