[eli5] Why are class A subnet masks only used for really large networks?

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(even if there are a large quantity of valid hosts that go unused)

I’ve been trying to understand IP addresses and subnet masks and I watched (and understood) the majority of this video https://youtu.be/s_Ntt6eTn94. This was a question I had at the end though. Is there some sort of disadvantage of having a class A subnet?

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Class A subnet masks are only used for really large networks because they allow for a very large number of host IP addresses.

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