I recall it being the common go-to for file-sharing (piracy) uploads on Usenet. I'm not sure if it was because of repair-ability when you were missing some of

I recall it being the common go-to for file-sharing (piracy) uploads on Usenet. I'm not sure if it was because of repair-ability when you were missing some of the RARs, file-size limitation, resume-ability, low bandwidth, etc... Probably a combo of them all I guess; wasn't aware it was still used nor that it might be more common in RU.