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by lilott8 1955 days ago
Especially after "2^32 is all the space we'll ever need for ip addresses."
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... And "640K is enough for everyone".

I believe they are all instances of induced demand [1]: If you allocate a large pool of a given resource, you tend to use it more liberally, and in the end the consumption rate is about the same regardless of the size of your pool.

It's interesting to note that apparently people prefer to reconsider some wasteful uses of the IP address pool rather than switching to IPv6.

That's the story of our societies. Waste the cheap stuff until it becomes too expensive.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induced_demand