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>the limitations in the shell integration were never worked out. If I had to bet, I'd say it's deliberate. It's Windows code, it works, and it still works. God
by Dalewyn 3y ago
>the limitations in the shell integration were never worked out.
If I had to bet, I'd say it's deliberate. It's Windows code, it works, and it still works. God knows what will break if you change that hallowed code.
- TeMPOraL 3y agoThey could buy out 7zip, shove it into Windows install, and make the existing UI point to 7zip API calls instead of explorer.exe ones. A drop-in shim, that would improve quality of life for millions.
- skyyler 3y agoHow would that increase revenue?
- allannienhuis 3y agoBy making a percentage of those people less likely to migrate to another platform. Of course it's a guessing game to try to put any numbers (amount or $ values) to any of that.
- stackskipton 3y agoWho is going to migrate off Windows over ZIP performance? Microsoft doesn't care if you use 7Zip over built in, they got your money already.
- im3w1l 3y agoIt's a small thing, but many small things can add up to one platform feeling nicer. Like personally I can't stand the Apple ecosystem, but I know many that prefer it these days.
- anthk 3y ago7zip is libre software, they woudn't need too.
- wongarsu 3y agoIt's LGPL. If they kept to the existing interfaces they wouldn't need to, but honestly they aren't great. For someone like MS it's probably easier to buy either 7zip or WinRar out than to assure license conformity for the coming decades.