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I do NOT understand how zip is still the default. I use .tgz wherever I can.
Compatibility with literally anything under the sun that can decompress a compressed file.
But isn't that's given with tgz too?
Except of course Windows iirc
Yep, but Windows is still the majority right now... And i'm sure there are a lot of people out there that don't have 7zip installed (why doesn't MS include their own implementation already ?)
And this is the problem imo. If you NEVER change a thing you will never improve
Good luck teaching that to people who only use a computer to browse Facebook.
Not saying it's impossible, but it takes time
Do these even need zips?
i was exagerating but you get the idea
let me rephrase, "people who only install two or three softwares on their computer without wanting to learn "complicated" stuff such as archive format. ~and browse facebook too~."
Yeah sometimes I just don't realize that a thing is an exaggeration haha
They do but its useless. Winrar can handle .tar.* too