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    WinRAR veröffentlicht ein neues Update und sagt, es sei den Leuten zu verdanken, die endlich zahlen

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    4. FireZord25 on

      I just hope they don’t join the epidemic that is current corporate curmudgeon 

    5. BornAgainBlue on

      7z had a lot of security concerns, I think government is mostly buying WinRAR.

    8. isoAntti on

      Think of the number of companies that went bust on first year because demanding money before testing product. There was something right with winrar’s angle.

    10. Leafs9999 on

      I sent them a payment after decades of using it so I could clear my conscience. Even donated to Wikipedia. Happy to have spent 50 bucks for these two good guys.

    11. DigitalScrap on

      I no longer use Windows, and I want to buy a license just to support them.

      I’m glad some people have started paying for it. I used it forever without paying.

    13. cwm9 on

      I love WinRAR, continue to use it to this day, and PAID for it because it was a cheap one-time payment.

      Yay me!

      😉

    14. ranhalt on

      Hot take: other people using software you don’t use because they just prefer it isn’t something you need to worry about.

    16. garbans on

      hey.. thats me! (yes.. I paid for it, after so many years of using it I had remorse, and yes, I know about 7zip)

    21. xavPa-64 on

      I remember thinking I was a fuckin genius for using Limewire to download Limewire Pro

    22. cmr333 on

      I’ve used 7zip for over a decade, great tool but I ended up buying WinRAR because it did this one specific thing that no other popular zip tools were able to do.

      I make games on Steam for Windows + Linux. I have a Steam Deck for testing Linux, however I can’t be bothered to actually go into Linux just to upload the Linux version of my game. I’d rather do both ports on Windows in one go.

      This is where WinRAR comes in. I’m able to modify Linux .zip files in Windows without the file itself changing into Windows format. If I for example use 7zip for this, the moment I change a Linux format .zip file within Windows, it changes the entire .zip file into Windows format thus making the whole port useless and requires a Linux machine to convert it back.

      WinRAR keeps the OS format when modifying, I was so impressed that I ended up just paying for the app.

    24. hypernova2121 on

      How does WinRAR still exist? Aren’t there a billion other free programs that can handle ZIP files?

    25. Mannhume on

      As an adult I decided to finally pay after decades of greatness as a thank you. Paying for software is different when you actually can!

    26. MasoFFXIV on

      The Prompted Class is already here, and they are purchasing WinRAR when prompted.

    27. zushiba on

      Last time I commented on a Winrar thread I said something about how they successfully turned paying for Winrar into a meme and I got dog piled for being 20 years too late. Yeah maybe it was 20 years ago but there’s definitely been an uptick in people making I Paid For Winrar memes.

    33. yardinview on

      Just in case WinRAR reads this: I would like to buy WinRAR but I used 7zip for the past 15 years and I need a reason to buy WinRAR.

      Here’s the reason: 7zip GUI is S*H*I*T. I would literally buy WinRAR if it had a feature where you could join together in one control-window all the individual windows that run unpack jobs.

      Problem is I go „right click unpack, right click unpack, etc.“ and then see 10 unpacks going simultaneously at the slowest possible speed. I would like a button on each of these windows to move it to a central unpacking control window (that appears dynamically when I first use this feature) and in this window I want to be able to pause unpack jobs, resume and reorder them, configure how many to run in parallel, etc.

      I would pay for that.

    34. CivicDutyCalls on

      I don’t have windows so I can’t pay for this, but I no longer use free software and services, unless it’s an absolutely stupid subscription that bundles tons of unnecessary things together.

      The internet is ruined because to platforms, we’re the product, not the customer.

      And yes, I donate to Wikipedia

    36. Ill-Inevitable980 on

      I paid for a lifetime FRAPS license back in the day before screen recording was commonplace 

    38. SolidGoldSpork on

      lol count me among the recent payees. I dropped more than a single license fee after realizing that in a world of enshittified rent taking software companies, they are the real deal.

    39. KrookedDoesStuff on

      I bought a license a long time ago… and lost the email it was for, therefore losing the key. I just settled for hitting close on the free version

    40. superINEK on

      I just payed for it once I got a job. I‘m thankful for it. It just a good piece of software 

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