[miyuru]

Most low-end providers will just keep using old hardware for longer.

IPv4 shortages didn’t kill it, and I don’t think this will either.

[neelc]

For providers like us, we have to lease IPv4. We came long after IPv4 was already depleted. IPv4 prices did go down. Despite that, the $15/year 128MB BuyVM plan is long-gone.

But for a new provider like us, we'd have to spend more than an established player like BuyVM or RackNerd who bought most of their servers pre-AI-boom.

[direwolf20]

Have you tried doing ipv6-only plans?

[1970-01-01]

Exactly this. The old hardware from a year ago is fine as the typical use-case for a VPS didn't change.