• InvaderDJ@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Back in the day WIndows didn’t even have the capability to deal with ZIPs natively. Even if its time was brief (which I honestly don’t remember, I think that it was useful for years, almost up to Vista’s time) it was useful.

    And I do think it generous that this paid software just let you use it after clicking a button with no time limit. Time gave us better options, but I think a lot of people look at WinRAR harsher than it deserves.

    • scottywh@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Most people already had WinZip for zip files before Windows had built in support and most people didn’t ever really even deal with rar files.