This title suggests that Hetzner's new policy is EITHER you take an IPv6 address OR none at all, and that IPv4 is completely off the table.

This is incorrect; everything remains the same but you now have the option to get a cheaper instance by not getting an IPv4 address:

> "The total price for cloud servers with public IP addresses is the same as before. The only change that comes with the new network options is the ability to reduce costs by removing the Primary IPv4."

It's great you don't have to configure any public interface at all (and can basically have an internal only VPS). Reducing cost by removing or not configuring public IPv4 is also a good development - there are so many things that can work IPv6-only now even access from outside.

I will quote from their actual pricing page. https://www.hetzner.com/cloud

Removing public IPv4 gets you a discount of €0.50 / month on the server.

It's not only their cloud offerings. If you check out the dedicated servers you will see a single IPv4 IP listed but it is marked as optional in the details. This was communicated to customers a while back. All IPv4 IPs costs are unbundled from the server costs now (even for existing customers).

Or if you want to look at it from the other side, there are no free IPv4 IPs anymore.

Is the headline intentional FUD?

The linked article shows how flexible they are: both IPv4 and IPv6, or even a server with no public interface, only accessible from your other servers in order to enhance security.

I'm a small user of them. Happy so far with their communication around this. I wasn't hit too hard work the price hike.

I wonder if we'll see a rise in people using a gateway server for ipv4, but use ipv6 directly. Would be nice to see ipv6 users having some benefit latency wise.

Their reference to primary ip costs probably could say up-front IPv6 is free. It's on the actual ip costs page, but the link here might lead some to think it costs money to be IPv6 only

It has began.

Having an IPv4 is like having a 212 prefix.