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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 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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As always, crApple is the odd one out with their proprietary crAppleware (Apple AirPort; Lightning, etc.).

Shit standards are not always proprietary, it's practically impossible to create a new web browser today that works with all sites.

There should be a website listing the all the standards implemented by modern browsers, it must be in the hundreds.

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rSync and WebDAV don't really serve the same function. While I no longer use FTP much because it transfers passwords in plain text, I do use SFTP extensively. Same thing, more secure.