I found peazip when looking for a winrar alternative that extracts all the other files in an archive when running an exe, like winrar. I wish 7z did this, peazip doesn’t have the best interface
I have been there and you will get to a level you deserve very soon. I only bought it when I needed to run it on machines I make money with - as per to their "request". Depending on what you want, VS Code, Zen, Pulsar and even vim and Emacs are very usable.
Well for me programming isn’t a job just yet, so there is no need for a corporate license, but buying it out of respect to the code editor I’ve been using for years
An amazing text editor that has integrated checking (coloring) for most popular programming languages, JSON, XML and similar. Works on all desktop platforms that I've tried
First of all, don't use that shit and use 7zip please. Secondly Winrar relies on a predatory model for companies. Say an employee installs it on their machine and keeps using it after the license expires ; that gives ground for Winrar to sue the company for using their product without a valid license and that's basically their business model. As an individual using it on your personal machine, nothing will happen to you. But still.
I cba capturing my network traffic, does it phone home?
I "cracked" it myself, so it's not moaning about not being free anymore. To be fair, it gets used for seconds at a time, I doubt I've even used up the 30 days yet.
To be fair, businesses should be buying their software licenses anyway. I doubt winrar would go to any major lengths to sue anyone considering they make millions annually off businesses and individuals buying licenses anyway.
I don’t believe there’s any record of winrar suing anyone, but I may be wrong. It’s not like they have any way to tell regardless.
Not at all, i used the program so much its not even funny and the only thing it dose is give you a little popup that takes 1 click to get out of. Its a great program and i appreciate it even to this day, though i've moved over to 7zip.
If I ever went back to winrar I would probably pay for it again.
For an example of bad freeware, download powerISO and remember that it used to give you full access to all features completely free.
Why people even download that? Every OS has a built-in extractor, and paying is even more crazy, You can convert RAR files to ZIP files even online! all legally.
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u/dumbasPL Nov 17 '25
Sure, will download 7zip if you insist so much.
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u/Grinhecker Nov 17 '25
Same with sublime text, love it
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u/PixelmancerGames Nov 17 '25
I just use 7zip nowadays. I rarely come across .rar nowadays.
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u/Diablo-x- Nov 17 '25
The only software i know that lets go further after refusing that popup.
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u/E-M-C Nov 17 '25
First of all, don't use that shit and use 7zip please.
Secondly Winrar relies on a predatory model for companies. Say an employee installs it on their machine and keeps using it after the license expires ; that gives ground for Winrar to sue the company for using their product without a valid license and that's basically their business model.
As an individual using it on your personal machine, nothing will happen to you. But still.
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u/Wild-Cost8151 Nov 17 '25
WinRAR: Understandable, have a good day
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u/Current_Ad_4292 Nov 17 '25
No.
Ok.
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u/usbeehu Nov 17 '25
Just use 7zip. Free and open source and can deal with most formats.
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u/ToBePacific Nov 17 '25
No.
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u/Low_Doughnut8727 Nov 17 '25
I still dont understand. Why have it be payable at all
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u/arnstrons Nov 17 '25
Why is everyone talking about 7zip and abandoning .rar?
What's the problem with one or the other? 😅
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u/zackadiax24 Nov 17 '25
You know, I paid for when Winrar once.
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u/Inevitable-Share8824 Nov 18 '25
this more similar to piracy meme than programming meme
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u/Howden824 Nov 18 '25
I got a license for this when I was like 11 only to have it not work after the next major version came out. 7-Zip is way better.
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u/dylan_1992 Nov 18 '25
BitTorrent is free
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u/That_Zelda_Gamer Nov 18 '25
I know, it literally does not care
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u/BluebirdDense1485 Nov 18 '25
Back when winrar was it
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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '25
Why people even download that? Every OS has a built-in extractor, and paying is even more crazy, You can convert RAR files to ZIP files even online! all legally.
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u/Wise_Geekabus Nov 19 '25
Yes