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I see how the crowd here is downvoting me heavily for just stating the simple truth that IPv6 is inconvenient, when compared to IPv4.

But if it was false, an IPv4 address wouldn't cost $20-$30 (vs $0 for IPv6) and Amazon wouldn't be hoarding $2B worth of them, would it?

Ok then.

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You can't imagine there are other reasons for difficulties in replacing a core component of the internet other than "longer numbers are harder to type"?

IPv6 was released in 1995 -- that's 25 years ago. If it didn't suck, don't you think we would have forgotten about IPv4 by now.

Or do you also have many devices around running Windows 95?

You claimed one specific issue with it, you don't get to play the "but it has other problems too!" (it indeed does) card now. It being badly designed in some ways is indeed part of the "other reasons".

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