Like when you send a .7z instead of a .zip or .rar to a friend or a teacher because that’s what your computer has installed and they’re like “Oh No, not one of those, now I have to install 7Zip” even though the same program that opens .rar also opens .7z I feel like people are way more annoyed when they receive a .7z

  • mackwinston@feddit.uk
    572·
    2 years ago

    .rar is an awful proprietary format that needs to die, and die soon. You should NEVER use .rar files when sending files to others due to its closed proprietary nature.

    .zip is preferable because everyone can handle it by default. 7z is OK because nearly everyone can handle it by default and it is an open format.

      • cobra89@beehaw.org
        1·
        2 years ago

        Anyone remember “master splitter” for splitting files up between floppies? Used that to transfer so many mp3s back in the day… Lol

          • cobra89@beehaw.org
            1·
            2 years ago

            Yeah was a strange time, zip drives were a thing but not very widespread or useful. USB drives weren’t a thing yet and CD Burners were extremely expensive. So this is how I moved MP3s from our PC with internet to the other PCs in the house. We eventually got a router and networked the house a year or two after that.