And I'm not blaming the consumer.

If you want to come into a topic and say the problem is that IPv6 did too much, you can't fall back on "it doesn't matter who's at fault". Yes it does matter, that's what this thread is about, that and looking at how technological changes would have affected deployment.

It is forever tainted and I will put down money on a bet that when IPv4 is replaced (in the 2040s), it will be by something that will not be IPv6.