Is it safe to set net.ifnames=0 in RHEL7, RHEL8 and RHEL9?

Solution Verified - Updated 2022-01-13T09:40:27+00:00 -

Issue

Is it safe to disable Consistent Device Naming by setting net.ifnames=0 on the kernel command line in RHEL7, RHEL8 and RHEL9?
Why can I no longer use the 70-persistent-net.rules file to force persistent ethX names like I could in earlier versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux?

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