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Sigh, so basically it's impossible to switch without shredding an already tiny audience. I'm sure it won't be a nice UX either to have a "can't connect to this

Sigh, so basically it's impossible to switch without shredding an already tiny audience. I'm sure it won't be a nice UX either to have a "can't connect to this IP" error in someone's browser. IPv6 has been around for so long now, I'm disappointed it doesn't have a little bit higher adoption.

smileybarry 3y ago
And if all else fails, you can put something like Cloudflare in front of it to handle IPv4 traffic.
- doublerabbit 3y ago
  Which than you're back to paying $40+/year to ensure you don't get wiped from their "free" tier when they feel like it. Nothing is free forever.
  - asynchronous 3y ago
    True, it is a temporary solution though to how long Cloudflare offers it.
  - godzillabrennus 3y ago
    They have had a free tier since they launched over a decade ago. I think they’ve found a way to monetize that traffic or at least the data they collect on the sites they proxy because it’s survived so long.
    - sznio 3y ago
      I think it's the same model as free antivirus. Free customers provide a lot of data to analyze and detect threats, which translates into increased value of the product to the paying customers. Also gives you a lot of traffic which you can use to test new deployments without disrupting paying customers.
  - smileybarry 3y ago
    I've been on their free tier since launch. Granted, it's nothing high-traffic, but a personal website shouldn't reach any "please upgrade" thresholds.
abdullahkhalids 3y ago
Might be a good idea to make a hidden request from your homepage to an ipv6 only resource. Then log how many of your visitors actually fail.
GoblinSlayer 3y ago
It's a chicken and egg problem: as long as sites are available through ip4, ISPs have no incentive to provide ip6, and since ISPs often don't provide ip6, sites can't go ip6-only. One possible solution would be to provide both and throttle ip4 traffic, then better speed can provide incentive to upgrade to ip6.

smileybarry 3y ago

And if all else fails, you can put something like Cloudflare in front of it to handle IPv4 traffic.

doublerabbit 3y ago
Which than you're back to paying $40+/year to ensure you don't get wiped from their "free" tier when they feel like it. Nothing is free forever.
- asynchronous 3y ago
  True, it is a temporary solution though to how long Cloudflare offers it.
- godzillabrennus 3y ago
  They have had a free tier since they launched over a decade ago. I think they’ve found a way to monetize that traffic or at least the data they collect on the sites they proxy because it’s survived so long.
  - sznio 3y ago
    I think it's the same model as free antivirus. Free customers provide a lot of data to analyze and detect threats, which translates into increased value of the product to the paying customers. Also gives you a lot of traffic which you can use to test new deployments without disrupting paying customers.
- smileybarry 3y ago
  I've been on their free tier since launch. Granted, it's nothing high-traffic, but a personal website shouldn't reach any "please upgrade" thresholds.

abdullahkhalids 3y ago

Might be a good idea to make a hidden request from your homepage to an ipv6 only resource. Then log how many of your visitors actually fail.

GoblinSlayer 3y ago

It's a chicken and egg problem: as long as sites are available through ip4, ISPs have no incentive to provide ip6, and since ISPs often don't provide ip6, sites can't go ip6-only. One possible solution would be to provide both and throttle ip4 traffic, then better speed can provide incentive to upgrade to ip6.