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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Why Is Anybody Using WinRAR?
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2025 22:51:02 -0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 27 Jun 2025 09:32:11 +0100, wasbit wrote:

> On 26/06/2025 01:56, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>> A few times, I have downloaded .rar archives and tried re-encoding them
>> as .7z. In every case, the 7-Zip version was smaller.
>>
>> Why would anybody bother with .rar any more?
>>
>> <https://www.tomshardware.com/software/winrar-exploit-enables-attackers-to-run-malicious-code-on-your-pc-critical-vulnerability-patched-in-latest-beta-update>
>>
> Because they have bought a licence.

Sunk-cost fallacy?