That article doesn't even mention they release new services without IPv6 support. Azure Flexible Postgres can't be ran in a virtual network with IPv6 enabled (let alone support IPv6 operating mode/addressing)
I realise I’m replying to a link to my own comment…
In the context being discussed here it should be more clear that big vendors implement features like encryption or IPv6 purely to tick a compliance checkbox.
These types of features are not supposed to be used. They’re there just to exist and enable sales to government institutions where someone who who’ll never use the product directly is ticking things off on a checklist.
Another classic example is Android encryption. The marketing materials literally look like this:
Encryption: Yes
I didn’t realise how much of a farce this was until I saw a presentation at an Apple developer conference where they outlined the four different “rings” of encryption they do. For example, when an iPhone boots up from cold most of it remains encrypted and requires the pin to decrypt. Even if you take it apart physically before the pin entry, you can’t get at the user data!
Android unlocks everything on boot, because its encryption support is “yes”.
