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by ErroneousBosh 207 days ago
"Was" is the key here. FTP has been obsolete for 20 years.
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People are confusing obsolete with stable and feature complete.
Right, but ftp is neither of these things.

Can you describe any real-world application where ftp is the best solution for a problem anyone has right now?

Consider the impact of an internet-exposed service that allows unauthenticated clients to remotely run code as root on your server.