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by adobrawy 899 days ago
Two main reasons:

* The cost of an IPv4 address in the market is constantly increasing

* We have recessions, so giants are looking for savings and profits by using their market position.

In addition, some providers are making IPv6 available more and more (there is no reason to consider IPv4 granted then), and others built on someone else's infrastructure are starting to be charged, so they pass this cost on to consumers.