While FTP is not perfect and there are slightly inconsistent implementations of it (e.g. some hide file names starting with a dot, others misreport the time stamps or do not list the year number), I appreciate that a widely compatible network protocol for file transfer exists, rather than a cesspool of proprietary protocols (I already said that about USB somewhere).
While there are more sophisticated successors such as rSync and WebDAV, FTP is by far the most widely supported (most file managers and browsers support it, the former usually both up- and downloading), and gets its core purpose of network file transfer done.
As always, is the odd one out with their proprietary crAppleware (Apple AirPort; Lightning, etc.).
While FTP is not perfect and there are slightly inconsistent implementations of it (e.g. some hide file names starting with a dot, others misreport the time stamps or do not list the year number), I appreciate that a widely compatible network protocol for file transfer exists, rather than a cesspool of proprietary protocols (I already said that about USB somewhere).
While there are more sophisticated successors such as rSync and WebDAV, FTP is **by far** the most **widely supported** (most file managers and browsers support it, the former usually both up- and downloading), and gets its core purpose of network file transfer done.
As always, [crApple](/s/crApple) is the odd one out with their proprietary crAppleware (Apple *AirPort*; Lightning, etc.).
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