HTTPS is not a file transfer protocol, nor is it a network service designed for transferring files. People don't realize this until they need to send several gi

HTTPS is not a file transfer protocol, nor is it a network service designed for transferring files. People don't realize this until they need to send several gigabytes/terabytes of files in different directories with different permissions owned by different users, and suddenly they need to implement an FTP server over HTTP. Not to mention server-to-server syncing. FTP is still very useful, and is depended upon by tons of corporations for bulk transfers and sensitive transactions. It is trivial to add SSL to FTP, or use SFTP if your clients/servers support it.