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IPv4 link local addressing is awesome for direct PC to PC connectivity with no hassle

Well you will be happy to hear that ipv6 has the same thing with the FFfe::/10 network just like 169.254.0.0/16 apipa range

I get this strong feeling that most of the opposition against IPv6 stems from misconceptions.

So like plugging two laptops together? Honestly curious, I can't recall ever seeing anyone using it and the situations that it seems like it should be good for, like initial configuration of stuff coming out of the box, instead come with instructions for setting specific IPv4 addressing or use DHCP. Possibly a lack of some LLNMR equivalent at the time.

link-local is mandatory for ipv6 to work. Technically everybody you have ever seen is using it. It is unlikely that you know somebody without a cellphone. And as far as I know, all cellphone networks are ipv6 first.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link-local_address#IPv6

Did you reply to the wrong comment? I know link-local works in IPV6, we were discussing IPv4.

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