I don't get why people are still using WinRAR. I discovered 7-zip years ago and while it's very minimalistic, open source and ad-free (also without any annoying "buy me now" shit), there has never been an archive I couldn't open using it.

Yus. 7zip ftw.

So true!

Well, unziprebel showed a lot of promise. Too bad it didn't take off

I think it's a mixture of ignorance (not knowing better tools exist) and brand loyalty, even if it is proprietary and has ads.

I still prefer WinRAR for it's features, but 7zip is getting closer and closer. In regards to actual archiving I do like 7zip, it's superior to both zip and rar, but rar is still good. In terms of support, I believe both WinRar and 7zip support pretty much every archive format.

I agree. I've been using 7-Zip for years, and it's one of the most powerful programs of its kind.

To make a point

I use Pied Piper 😆 TROLOL

any body use tar on Windows?

Because you can feel like an internet pirate when you just skip the buy me now dialog