I don't think that's true. Does Ubuntu come with zip by default now? Normally tar balls are used and zip has to installed afterwards: apt install zip I read

I don't think that's true. Does Ubuntu come with zip by default now? Normally tar balls are used and zip has to installed afterwards: apt install zip I read the article as advocating for more open binary formats. That it is useful to have binary formats is logical. That someone would like to have open ones is I think a nice thought.