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Is it really the responsibility of Firefox to maintain FTP support when everyone else has dropped it, just so that a tiny fraction people don't have to learn a
by mmastrac 5y ago
Is it really the responsibility of Firefox to maintain FTP support when everyone else has dropped it, just so that a tiny fraction people don't have to learn a new tool and/or modernize infrastructure that's out of date?
- dmux 5y agoI wouldn't say they're responsible for maintaining it. But I think it's fair to question their decisions. As I mentioned above, one of their principles specifically calls out that the internet depends on interoperability and various protocols. I don't really understand the argument that if everyone else drops support that Firefox should too. Firefox could champion themselves as continuing to support various protocols and live the principles they set out for themselves.