If IPv6 fails because of political problems Every major OS, network device maker, service and program supports it. I can't imagine it "will fail" in any way wh

If IPv6 fails because of political problems Every major OS, network device maker, service and program supports it. I can't imagine it "will fail" in any way where everyone goes "ok, forget IPv6, let's move on to IPv7 it's the new thing" and the world says "phew, at last!". > According to market researcher Gartner, over 1.5 billion smartphones were sold last year That's an IPv4 internet of address-needing devices every couple of years, just in smartphones. World IPv6 day was 8 years ago in 2011, and then Vint Cerf said there were no plans for an IPv7, and 8 years later there still isn't an IPv7 coming from the IETF. https://www.networkworld.com/article/2200118/router/cerf--future-of-internet-doesn-t-include-an-ipv7.html https://www.networkworld.com/article/2200118/router/cerf--fu... IPv6 can't "fail" for the same kind of reasons huge financial companies can't fail - there isn't an alternative.