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Remember when it was a big deal if you chose .zip, .rar, or 7z, etc? Now we all have so much bandwidth it doesn't matter. (self.showerthoughts)

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[-] [email protected] 63 points 1 month ago

if you use .rar you're an asshole

[-] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago

What a strange take. Rar is the OG for better compression in Windows.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

7z has way better (ultra) compression

[-] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

So that makes sense to use now. Rar made sense before 7z existed.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

7z was developed in 1999. As far as I know, rar was popular due to was shareware with practically unlimited “trial” and there was an opinion, that paid products are better.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

All the while 7z os FOSS (:

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