And I went on their page to subscribe for a lifetime membership, and they wanted 20 bucks, which I was okay with, but it does not include Major Updates! I guess I’ll buy it and just click the do not check for updates button but that seemed kind of, I don’t know.
I still think they’re pretty cool for not hassling you more than they do.
Am I wrong that this bothered me?
Not that I am supporting the transition to Windows 11, but apparently RAR support is built into 11 now, along with Zip functionality (it might just be in 11 Pro, tho, not sure).
The windows zip functionality tends to mess up the zip files*, so I would be wary of the way it handles rar files.
* Example: xlsx files are zip files, so if you change the extension to zip, you can edit the contents of the file and then change it back. If you do this with the windows zip functionality, the Excel file will be broken. With 7-zip not so.
While the Windows implementation works, it’s not the best one. Even WinRar will compress and uncompress faster, and 7Zip also beats WinRar. The compression ratios are also higher on 7Z, regardless of the file format (Rar, Zip, 7z).
Besides, 7Z can open other (arguably better) formats, like the aforementioned 7z or tar (tar, tar.gz, tar.7z, tar.zst, …)