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Microsoft is releasing a big Windows 11 update on September 26. Update 23H2 includes the new AI-powered Windows Copilot feature, a native RAR app, a new volume mixer and a lot more.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Who would even create rar archives these days, when there is 7zip?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Memesters, because WinRAR is a negware type of shareware (having an unlimited trial period), which constitutes as being "the good guy".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Okay but 7zip can open and create .rar archives so why would anyone ever use WinRAR

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Don't try to understand memesters. I once installed one 7zip instead of WinRAR, and he installed the latter because "it's free, you just have to click the button and wait a little bit". It was even worse with the uTorrent vs. qBitTorrent situation, where the former is a de-facto spyware/adware, but the latter isn't in piracy memes.

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