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[–] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 36 points 1 year ago (4 children)

However, from a practical perspective, deceiving users into performing the required action shouldn't be overly challenging, and given the vast size of WinRAR's user base

Excuse me, but "vast" size of WinRAR's user base? I didn't know WinRAR even had any users left.

[–] kuneho@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

9 out of 10 people I know use WinRAR. It's amongst the very firsr software they install at fresh start.

I myself also just changed to 7-Zip around... I don't know, a year ago?

[–] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Which part of the world is this, if you don't mind me asking? (just genuinely curious, cause I haven't come across any WinRARs in the wild here in NZ, most folks I know use either 7-Zip or PeaZip).

[–] kuneho@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I'm from Europe, in the embrace of the Carpathian Mountains :)

before WinRAR, people used WinZIP here in the '00s (at least Windows folks). Again, a strange choice, I know.

[–] KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Am in the US and used winrar for a long time as it was integrated into Usenet binaries as rar files. It was embedded with some other software.

[–] graphite@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

WinRAR was what I used in the 2000s. Around 2011, 7-zip was my goto. I haven't looked back since.

I wasn't aware of pea-zip until this thread

[–] zewm@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks 7 points 1 year ago

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[–] w00t@lemy.lol 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Well, even FAR manager which they've open-souced long time ago is still maintained 😀 Good thing they didn't discover this bug in 2000s!

[–] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 8 points 1 year ago

That looks quite interesting, seems like they've even got quite an extensive list of plugins - looks like may be even better than Midnight Commander. :o

[–] Scrof@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

I'm still using sweet FAR Manager, absolute baller of a software.

[–] kuneho@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ah, FAR manager.

I used it last time around... 15 years ago to apply VKP patches on my Sony Ericsson phones :P like making my K750i into a 'W750i' with W800i software, adding GFX and Acoustic patches...

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Still use it out of habit!