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Re:Lessons learned while developing Age of Empires 1 Definit... by xrisk on Thursday February 15, 2018 @11:44AM (#16385429)
I'm curious -- why would IPv6 access for a website be an important matter?
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Re:Lessons learned while developing Age of Empires 1 Definit... by tambre on Friday February 16, 2018 @02:08PM (#16394957)
It's faster, it's cheaper, it's easier to setup and use. As of now not everyone always has IPv4 access anymore. I conciously avoid purchasing products that have no IPv6 support, as I sometimes have an only IPv6 connection.
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Re:Lessons learned while developing Age of Empires 1 Definit... by ZephyrP on Thursday February 15, 2018 @05:14PM (#16388255)
20% of the world uses it.
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Re:Lessons learned while developing Age of Empires 1 Definit... by xrisk on Thursday February 15, 2018 @05:36PM (#16388407)
Okay but 100% of the world uses IPv4. Why is having IPv6 support important for a website?
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Re:Lessons learned while developing Age of Empires 1 Definit... by jandrese on Friday February 16, 2018 @11:36AM (#16393518)
Because IPv4 is close to exhausted[1] and we need IPv6 support to be the rule, not the exception, by the time it's no longer affordable to get an IPv4 address.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv4_address_exhaustion

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