The index at the end of the file is definitely a serious drawback for zipfiles; it privileges the writer over the reader (it makes sense given the hardware limi

The index at the end of the file is definitely a serious drawback for zipfiles; it privileges the writer over the reader (it makes sense given the hardware limitations at the time). For someone archiving their own stuff that's neither here nor there. For container images, JAR files etc the ratio is lopsided.