The pricing change is only about additional IP addresses for a single machine. Each machine will still come with one IPv4 included for "free":
> Our dedicated root servers will continue to include one free main IP; there will be no change here.
> Our dedicated root servers will continue to include one free main IP; there will be no change here.
Virtual machines from Hetzner, however, always come with an IPv4 address. For security reasons, I’d much prefer to get them without one (I disable the interface and firewall it 100% anyway), but it’s not an option to get a virtual machine without the public IPv4 address. One would think they’d provide that option if they are already hitting commercial limits with the IPv4 address space.
I agree and hopefully without leaking anything: This is also an request within their customer forum [1].
[1] https://forum.hetzner.com/index.php?thread/28220/&postID=277...
But it also feels kind of strange to me, that they complain about IPv4 shortage while still handing them out with each VPS instance despite a lot of users actually don't need or even don't want to have them. There should be an option, or even a small fee for a public IPv4 on cloud servers.
Yes, the forum requires registration and is open for customers only. That's why I said that I hope I don't leak anything (by saying that this topic was discussed in their (private) forum).