In this case, it seems different because IPv6 is the kind of thing that I doubt any free market competitor would ever be able to supplant. Part of that is the n

In this case, it seems different because IPv6 is the kind of thing that I doubt any free market competitor would ever be able to supplant. Part of that is the nature of IPv6 itself, as it was designed to be as future proof as it could be. I just don’t see a competing protocol as offering any kind of substantial benefit.