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.Willy@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world – 224 points – 4 months ago79Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsShow the parent comment7z has way better (ultra) compressionSo that makes sense to use now. Rar made sense before 7z existed.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.All the while 7z os FOSS (:
7z has way better (ultra) compressionSo that makes sense to use now. Rar made sense before 7z existed.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.All the while 7z os FOSS (:
So that makes sense to use now. Rar made sense before 7z existed.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.All the while 7z os FOSS (:
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.All the while 7z os FOSS (:
7z has way better (ultra) compression
So that makes sense to use now. Rar made sense before 7z existed.
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.
All the while 7z os FOSS (: