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I didn't even know RAR was still around/used.

• japanoise 7y ago
  It's pretty popular in more casual circles. I'm pretty sure it's still the chosen format for videogame mods and the like
  • flatiron 7y ago
    It’s the default for piracy too
  • sneakernets 7y ago
    Off the top of my head: * Some VGM formats (game music) are compressed with rar * Certain 90s game mods are compressed with rar * Lots of pirated/cracked games are compressed with rar The main reason I've been told as to why this is seems to be the extensive error correction, which was a big deal with large game files back in the Dial-Up/ISDN days where a corrupted download was more common than now, and old habits die hard.
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