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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. (sh.itjust.works)
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[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago

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

[-] noxy@yiffit.net 11 points 5 months ago

That claim is so vague as to be useless.

Better how? Ratio? Speed?

Better than what competing formats, and how?

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I explained it in another comment on this thread.

https://lemmy.world/comment/10467937

[-] blazebra@programming.dev 3 points 5 months ago

7z has way better (ultra) compression

[-] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

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

[-] blazebra@programming.dev 1 points 5 months 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.

[-] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 points 5 months ago

All the while 7z os FOSS (:

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