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by sub7 1981 days ago
Disagree. FTP as a protocol made self hosting all kinds of things much easier. We could soon live in a world where people self host their own data powered by protocols that will borrow heavily from FTP.
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spijdar 1980 days ago
Did it? I've always had more trouble throwing up quick FTP servers vs a quick "python3 -m http.server" for a throwaway HTTP server.
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PurpleFoxy 1980 days ago
Hardly. You can install Apache and drop your files in it and the default settings make it look pretty much like an FTP listing.
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core-questions 1981 days ago
Gemini says hello!
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sub7 1981 days ago
Hello! If only protocols weren't treated as cash cows
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