I should have titled this post "I hate S3".
š¢ What is the status quo?
FTP is dead (yay), SFTP is too dependent on SSH and unix authentication. AWS made S3 pervasive and now every webapp that needs to store files assumes you'll be able to connect it S3. This is good for Amazon, but painful for everyone else.
š¢ But who is WebDAV useful for?
Most people working on personal projects, self-hosting, or just need filesystem-over-HTTP-ish capabilities do not need S3, they just need a place for their files behind some form of authentication. I stopped reaching for S3 and started running from S3 a while ago and I think you should consider doing the same.
Here are my core requirements:
authentication
write files
efficiently sync files
ensure those files aren't publicly accessible by default
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