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On 22.06.16 14:49, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> How one manages to invent something that works worse than FTP is beyond me.

There is no free implementation of FTP that allows
charging money easily, AFAICT. Also, it is easier to conduct
user research if you can persuade users to install programs
that perform functions in addition to file transfer.
These are the interesting functions. ;-)
Also, FTP is standardized and as such does not tie customers.
Using FTP or similar drops the possibility of vendor lock-in.