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You may or may not care.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a bit narked with the incredibly short notice we have been given, and the assertion that only 0.5% of blogs will be affected so it doesn&#8217;t matter. It matters to <i>me<\/i>, and it matters to a number of other people who have been with blogger since the Pyra days, when ftp was the only method available; and who have designed their sites to be more than just a place to blog.<\/p>\n<p>So. That&#8217;s just the way it is and I guess it was about time for a redesign anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Incidentally, blogger has decided to withdraw ftp capacity for blogs. After ten years using the service I am being forced to leave, because I can&#8217;t just port my site across to blogspot the way google wants me to. 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