While still useful to have a native tool, you can use WSL to mount a sshfs path in windows. I even use it for LUKS containers.
Not everyone wants to install a huge resource just to use one feature.
I thought sshfs on Linux is no longer maintained
What are you basing that on? It had a release in 2022 and last commit is 7 months old. It probably hasn't needed any new features in a while. I'm not sure how often it would need security updates.
Ah, I see now there's a note in the README[0]. It sounds more like it's in maintenance mode / understaffed than completely abandoned, but I suppose it's worth being aware of. sshfs has been a killer feature for me on my machines for years for things like playing back stuff from my media library in mpv while it's stored on another machine. I found it to be easier to use and less glitchy than NFS. So I will likely continue to use it.
[0] https://github.com/libfuse/sshfs?tab=readme-ov-file#developm...
If it works, don't fix it.
I don't think we should be telling people to keep using unsecure versions of ssh.
It’s quite possible that security is handled by ssh such that sshfs isn’t exposed over the network. If sshfs can use newer ssh it might be just fine.
An insecure version of secure shell doesn't "work".
It's ok for people to have different definitions of things