FTP had been superseded by a wide range of better protocols for a good 20 years now. It doesn't offer anything that hasn't already been reinvented and improved

FTP had been superseded by a wide range of better protocols for a good 20 years now. It doesn't offer anything that hasn't already been reinvented and improved upon in other protocols. It's about time people stopped defending FTP and let it die. After all, we wouldn't be having the same conversation about recommending telnet or rsh instead of ssh. Or teletypes over HD monitors. I'm not somebody who advocates the latest technologies for the sake of being modern (eg I still rock IRC on Irssi) but sometimes there are quantifiable good reasons for switching away from older tech.