> I don't think FTP is ever going to fully die. It is still a typical way to deploy your files when using a shared web hosting that does not offer SSH.
Surely those abominations are almost dead now though, in the age of the low-overhead VMs?
Some parts of the tech world seem quick to forget that smaller (and sometimes bigger) non-tech companies do exist. Sometimes non professional people create and deploy websites either as hobbyists or simply because there is no budget to hire a proper tech guy.
Wordpress is still a huge part of the Web and is running fine on shared hosting. And yes it can be an appropriate and cost effective choice for smaller sites even in 2021.
Also adding to that, the one time I did migrate a project from shared hosting to a dockerized VM solution was when the hoster was not supporting the needed PHP version anymore. Meaning hopelessly too old to ever update.
Surely those abominations are almost dead now though, in the age of the low-overhead VMs?