FTP is dead. I haven't used the FTP protocol in years[1]… that's what we have SSH / SCP for.
[1]: Before you say that my anecdotal evidence does not a fact make, my point is that there's nothing forcing us to use FTP today. Even the lousiest web host supports SFTP, and none of my machines or VPSs run an FTP server. There's no reason to proclaim that we need to kill FTP, because FTP is a non-issue in today's world. Sure, you can still use it, the same way you can still use telnet if you'd like. But practically nothing relies on it with no alternative.
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FTP is dead. I haven't used the FTP protocol in years[1]… that's what we have SSH / SCP for.
[1]: Before you say that my anecdotal evidence does not a fact make, my point is that there's nothing forcing us to use FTP today. Even the lousiest web host supports SFTP, and none of my machines or VPSs run an FTP server. There's no reason to proclaim that we need to kill FTP, because FTP is a non-issue in today's world. Sure, you can still use it, the same way you can still use telnet if you'd like. But practically nothing relies on it with no alternative.