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Question: Instead of Nextcloud, why not use a FTPS server with an nice client? (alien.top)
submitted 11 months ago by antoine849502@alien.top to c/main@selfhosted.forum
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I genuinely courious to know, why has this very old and established protocol lost over cloud solutions like Nextcloud (or even Google Drive)?

note: the question is for both FTPs or sFTP

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[–] CatoDomine@alien.top 2 points 11 months ago

You are comparing apples to bean and cheese burritos here.

FTP/FTPS/SFTP aren't even close to the same thing as a fully integrated cloud solution. Sure you can use both things to simply transfer files between several devices, but that's not ~~why~~ the only reason most people use a cloud solution.

It is conceivable that there could be a cloud solution which might incorporate the use of SFTP/FTPS as an underlying protocol, but I think the go to is HTTPS for myriad reasons.

NOTE: if you are regularly using one of the FTP-like tools to sync files as part of your regular workflow, you should look into rsync