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Re:Deprecate FTP support (deprecated) by LambdaComplex on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @05:55PM (#24782114)
HTTP supports range requests, which can be used to resume partial downloads.
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Re:Deprecate FTP support (deprecated) by duskwuff on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @06:45PM (#24782600)
That was added in HTTP/1.1 (1997), and even then it took a while for browsers and servers to support it.
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Re:Deprecate FTP support (deprecated) by jandrese on Thursday October 15, 2020 @02:53AM (#24785648)
Server support was spotty for a long time. Browser support was also slow to appear.
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