Blogger's FTP Shutdown...

Just saw the little note on my dashboard that read:

"FTP publishing will no longer be available after May 1, 2010
You currently have blogs that are published using FTP. You must migrate your blogs to a new custom domain URL or a blogspot URL. To learn more, see our dedicated blog and help documentation."

Um, how about no?

I have to do some speedy catchup reading on this, but that message right there is a huge red flag. Anytime I read "custom" attached to anything, that usually informs me that going forward involves spending more money.

Thanks to some irresponsible porn-surfing fecking gobshite they fired recently here at work, they turned a lovely web filter on us so I can't read the damn information at the moment. It's a miracle that I can even post a blog, let alone visit any.

It comes down to the reason why I publish to my own website is because I wish to better control the content I post. Blogger to me is a simple, easy to use tool that saves me coding time. To thank Google for continuing to provide such a valuable tool, I allow the Blogger logo and link to remain where it is.

I seriously doubt that the less than three hundred kilobytes in monthly file transfers FTP'd to my site is a blip on the radar. I realize that when you factor in several hundred thousand other FTP-centered blogs that this could amount to a lot more bandwidth, but it still defies logic as to why you would want to alienate an established section of your client base in this fashion?

Like I said, I have some reading to do. I'll post a followup once I've had a chance to digest the information!