Tell HN: Moving My Blog to IPv6 Only Internet
Two of my blog posts[1][2] did quite well here on HN so I just wanted you all to know that moving forward these posts will only be accessible on IPv6 Internet.
But why? It's a form of protest against people who refuse to give IPv6 a fair chance. I have read all sorts of reasons for why IPv6 is a bad idea including the most idiotic take where people disable IPv6 because all devices get exposed to Internet. They don't care to learn about firewall and keep using IPv4 out of laziness.
Second reason is I don't have to pay for static IPv4 address. The cost of IPv4 may look trivial to people who have steady flow of income but sadly that is not the case for me. I like hosting on Raspberry Pi and with IPv6 I can do just that.
Another reason is, in India, we have layers and layers of CGNAT. It degrades the Internet experience for us. With IPv6 that is not the case.
I'm fully aware that this move will most likely hurt my traffic but I like IPv6 and it's convenience, enough to stick with my decision. It's my humble request to you all to give IPv6 a fair chance by enabling it across your networks and web services. When you choose only IPv4 you are not thinking about part of the world where 1.5 billion people are trying to access your service. It's high time, we should have moved to IPv6 long back. It's the only way forward.
[1]: https://blog.rohanrd.xyz/posts/why_self_host/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30781536
[2]: https://blog.rohanrd.xyz/posts/every-phone-should-have-web-server/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37086455