I did in fact state exactly why: > The FTP client in browsers is terrible, and anyone using FTP professionally is using a better client (e.g. multiple connecti

I did in fact state exactly why: > The FTP client in browsers is terrible, and anyone using FTP professionally is using a better client (e.g. multiple connection modes, resume downloads, concurrent streams, etc) That would be just as true for SFTP or FTPS. Those mitigate the security problems, but don't address the fact that FTP-like protocols would continue to be a second class citizen in browsers and better handled by bespoke clients.