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Amazon finds $1B jackpot in its 100 million+ IPv4 address stockpile | The tech giant has cited ballooning costs associated with IPv4 addresses::undefined

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[–] elrik@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

IPv4 support is required and works perfectly.

Except it doesn't work perfectly, because it has a relatively small address space. That's why ipv6 exists.

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The driveway works perfectly, but it doesn't have space for all the guests if they all want to use their own vehicles.

Thankfully, we have carpooling and rideshares.

[–] FoolHen@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Great analogy, thanks