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It's sad that FileZilla remains so popular long after the creator has chosen to monetize it with adware. I highly recommend any FileZilla user reading this shou

It's sad that FileZilla remains so popular long after the creator has chosen to monetize it with adware. I highly recommend any FileZilla user reading this should switch to WinSCP. It's free, open source, and not bundled with any crapware.

blibble 8y ago
winscp has also previously bundled crapware (OpenCandy) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinSCP#Advertisements_in_installer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinSCP#Advertisements_in_insta...
- DmenshunlAnlsis 8y ago
  Four years ago, with no incidents since.
  - willio58 8y ago
    It’s funny to see defense of a program that intentionally included adware in a previous version.
    - gruez 8y ago
      why? do you believe in no second chances?
      - JackCh 8y ago
        When it comes to software security, second chances are for accidents.
    - DmenshunlAnlsis 8y ago
      I’m defending the four years of good behavior, not the bad behavior back then. People and companies make mistakes and bad decisions, and I don’t mind supporting them if they prove over time that they’ve changed. Four years of good behavior is long enough for me. If your response to a company doing something you don’t like is an eternal blacklist, even years after they respond to their customers and change their behavior, think about what you’re really encouraging. For one thing, never admitting anything, for another, coverups.
  - RaleyField 8y ago
    And the author pinky swears he won't reach into the cookie jar again.
- zouhair 8y ago
  Now you gonna tell me lftp was also bundled with crap?
dabber 8y ago
I posted this further down the thread but may as well say it here too. Cyberduck[1] was what I moved to after the FileZilla installer on Sourceforge forced me to wipe & reinstall Windows a few years back. It's available for MacOS and Windows, GPL3 licensed[2] and worked great for me at the time. I've since moved to Linux so I haven't been able to play around with any of the newer features/versions but it would be the first thing I tried if I switched back today. Definitely recommend taking a look. [1]: https://cyberduck.io/ https://cyberduck.io/ [2]: https://github.com/iterate-ch/cyberduck https://github.com/iterate-ch/cyberduck
- richjdsmith 8y ago
  I've been using Cyberduck for the past year and it is great. It was my replacement for Filezilla.
jokoon 8y ago
I considered using winscp until I discovered it cannot limit itself to 1 connection.
kaskavalci 8y ago
This should go higher in the thread. I personally didn't know this behavior.
krylon 8y ago
If you do not require a GUI, FarManager[0] is great, too. It allows access to remote folders over ftp, sftp, smb (and probably others), is very light on resources, free software (BSD license), and all around a joy to use. [0] https://www.farmanager.com/ https://www.farmanager.com/

blibble 8y ago

winscp has also previously bundled crapware (OpenCandy) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinSCP#Advertisements_in_installer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinSCP#Advertisements_in_insta...

DmenshunlAnlsis 8y ago
Four years ago, with no incidents since.
- willio58 8y ago
  It’s funny to see defense of a program that intentionally included adware in a previous version.
  - gruez 8y ago
    why? do you believe in no second chances?
    - JackCh 8y ago
      When it comes to software security, second chances are for accidents.
  - DmenshunlAnlsis 8y ago
    I’m defending the four years of good behavior, not the bad behavior back then. People and companies make mistakes and bad decisions, and I don’t mind supporting them if they prove over time that they’ve changed. Four years of good behavior is long enough for me. If your response to a company doing something you don’t like is an eternal blacklist, even years after they respond to their customers and change their behavior, think about what you’re really encouraging. For one thing, never admitting anything, for another, coverups.
- RaleyField 8y ago
  And the author pinky swears he won't reach into the cookie jar again.
zouhair 8y ago
Now you gonna tell me lftp was also bundled with crap?

dabber 8y ago

I posted this further down the thread but may as well say it here too. Cyberduck[1] was what I moved to after the FileZilla installer on Sourceforge forced me to wipe & reinstall Windows a few years back. It's available for MacOS and Windows, GPL3 licensed[2] and worked great for me at the time. I've since moved to Linux so I haven't been able to play around with any of the newer features/versions but it would be the first thing I tried if I switched back today. Definitely recommend taking a look. [1]: https://cyberduck.io/ https://cyberduck.io/ [2]: https://github.com/iterate-ch/cyberduck https://github.com/iterate-ch/cyberduck

richjdsmith 8y ago
I've been using Cyberduck for the past year and it is great. It was my replacement for Filezilla.

jokoon 8y ago

I considered using winscp until I discovered it cannot limit itself to 1 connection.

kaskavalci 8y ago

This should go higher in the thread. I personally didn't know this behavior.

krylon 8y ago

If you do not require a GUI, FarManager[0] is great, too. It allows access to remote folders over ftp, sftp, smb (and probably others), is very light on resources, free software (BSD license), and all around a joy to use. [0] https://www.farmanager.com/ https://www.farmanager.com/