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Re:Google Plans to Deprecate FTP URL Support in Chrome by magicalist on Saturday August 17, 2019 @12:14PM (#20724696)
> It is obvious that the next FTP related headline we see from Google is when (not, if) they drop FTP links from all Google search results. There's no point them listing FTP urls in the results if their own browser can't connect to them.

Why would it? Seems like the relevant model is file types the browser can't open, and there are lots of search results for those?

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/35287?hl=en

Lots of worry in this thread from people who apparently don't use ftp enough to know that your OS will already open ftp links for you.

It's also a shame that the actual technical discussions are like half a page down.

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Re:Google Plans to Deprecate FTP URL Support in Chrome by jackewiehose on Saturday August 17, 2019 @12:28PM (#20724757)
You're mixing up file types and protocols. No, my OS won't open ftp links for me.
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Re:Google Plans to Deprecate FTP URL Support in Chrome by jacksproit on Saturday August 17, 2019 @12:38PM (#20724802)
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.howtogeek.com/272176/how-to...
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Re:Google Plans to Deprecate FTP URL Support in Chrome by magicalist on Saturday August 17, 2019 @12:38PM (#20724805)
> mixing up file types and protocols

"relevant model"

> my OS won't open ftp links for me.

What OS? Because I bet you it does.

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