Re: That old chestnut
The overall point is that CGNAT forced through address exhaustion is breaking endpoint visibility, which is critical to various Internet activities. It's not a matter of whether you want to or not, many are increasingly not even being given the option, which makes them beholden to gatekeepers you may not want to trust (Google, Facebook, untrustworthy ISPs, etc.). With some 4 billion hosts out there, there simply isn't enough space in 32 bits anymore. That's all IPv4 provides, no ifs, ands, or buts, especially for legacy/EOL hardware. The most basic gist of IPv6 is to at least allow for this again. Turn it down if you want, but at least have the ability.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
