[lolinder]

The fact that we'd have to look it up is why it was removed. I haven't used FTP in at least a decade—scp does the trick for my server management needs, HTTP is sufficient for download-only use cases, and Dropbox-style applications have supplanted FTP for shared files. FTP is more general than any of these three replacements, but it isn't ideal for any one of the use cases.

[Minor49er]

I only use X, YouTube, Insta, and TikTok. Browsers should just refuse to connect to any other site besides those

[mattl]

Web browsers should stick to web browsing and other tools should handle other protocols at this point in time.

[lolinder]

I take it you have a use case for FTP still that's not yet been supplanted by other, more specialized tools? Please share, rather than snarking.

[Minor49er]

To name a few, I interact with a number of sites on shared hosting that have been using FTP for years. I also work with a data server that primarily interfaces with its data store through FTP. It also used to be easier to just host an FTP server and manage its access independent of a website, but still link to it in a browser where people who are not technically inclined could browse and interact with files without needing a separate dedicated client. Even for me, it would be simpler to just see an FTP file listing in a browser sometimes

The point is that browsers used to be able to browse the Internet, but major players such as Google have been working hard to limit all of these things to just HTTPS. Excusing things away by saying "well I don't use it, so it's useless" has only helped to narrow this path

[mattl]

Web browsers aren't internet browsers and shouldn't be. There's way too many things on the internet for them to do a good job anyway.

[Minor49er]

Exactly right. This is why we must continue to fight for our FAANG-only locked-down future!

[mattl]

Netscape used to come with a browser, a mail client, a newsreader, an HTML editor.

We've moved beyond that now, why worry about a browser being able to read Gopherspace or Gemini pages? Putting those into dedicated browsers of their own has been the perceived action for some time.