I never really got webDAV to work properly but I gave it a good go. Today I would never think to use it, I am more of an sshfs type of guy and rsync is my frien

I never really got webDAV to work properly but I gave it a good go. Today I would never think to use it, I am more of an sshfs type of guy and rsync is my friend. However, what does disappoint me is how things like DropBox and WeTransfer took over with some marketing that just had instant appeal to people. I prefer to have my own 'sovereign' server space and if anyone wants to send me stuff then I want it on the server, not on my desktop. It doesn't matter who it is, but if I give them a network drive of sorts, they can have webDAV, FTP if they insist, ownCloud if they want it, SFTP and all these methods to put whatever the files are on the server. They can even understand that the files need to be on the server and not on my local computer, but no, I get some email about a weTransfer link. With ADSL the download is fine but upload is that bit slower. So you have to do the WeTransfer type of thing and wait for that, then upload the file to the server. It is never me that really wants the file on the server in the first place, it is always them. Anyway, I think webDAV died as a thing not due to the flakiness of the implementation but more to do with why it is that people use website builders like Squarespace, why people prefer cPanel instead of some standard issue OS, why people prefer whatever is marketed to them as 'easy' rather than what takes two minutes of critical thought to learn.