Stopping FTP support in Firefox 90

Re:Stopping FTP support in Firefox 90 by jrochkind1 on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @01:43PM (#27896790)

Especially because "The FTP protocol itself has been disabled by default since version 88", so any user that hadn't opted in to FTP protocol already had the "benefit" of the "security enhancement", no?

But, hey, if you are not yet a FF user, here's where you can download it, in case you're looking for a browser that... lacks FTP support. Something many users are likely to be seeking out.

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Re:Stopping FTP support in Firefox 90 by krylon on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @03:13PM (#27897927)

To be fair, most non-technical users have no clue what FTP is. Twenty years ago, some non-technical people knew, because a lot of downloading was going on involving FTP servers, but that was... well, twenty years ago.

I do not see the benefit of removing FTP. For security concerns, a big warning as with expired TLS certificates would be an acceptable compromise, IMHO.

But as someone who knows what FTP is and still uses it on occasion, I don't think FF dropping FTP support is going to impact me very much.

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Re:Stopping FTP support in Firefox 90 by jrochkind1 on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @07:56AM (#27905084)

I too agree with the comment I was replying to, "While I agree with removing FTP support", but the marketing-speak is still notable.

I don't think anyone who hasn't heard of FTP is seeking out a browser that specifically does not support it.

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