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Windows has had built in zip/unzip since vista. 7zip is far superior (and the install base proves that)
by malfist 1y ago
Windows has had built in zip/unzip since vista. 7zip is far superior (and the install base proves that)
- Night_Thastus 1y agoAs mentioned in another comment, zip support actually goes further back as far as '98, but only Windows 11 added support for handling other formats like RAR/7-Zip/.tar/.tar.gz/.tar.bz2/etc. That allows it to be a default that 'just works' for most people without installing anything extra. The vast majority of users don't care about the extra performance or functionality of a tool like 7-zip. They just need a way to open and send files and the Windows built-in tool is 'good enough' for them. I agree that 7-zip is better, but most users simply do not care.
- landl0rd 1y agoWindows zip is not in fact good enough. I've run into weird, buggy behavior, hanging on extract, all sorts of nonsense. I can see the argument that a universally-adopted solution is better, but that's different from windows just not working.
- Night_Thastus 1y agoI'm not saying I would ever use it. I'm saying that for casual non-power users, it's good enough. They work with it and if it breaks once in a blue moon they don't care. They just want it to open the files they get and give them a way to send files compressed. That is enough to bite into 7-Zip's share of users.
- iamleppert 1y agoWindows unzip is so ungodly slow and terrible! Long live 7zip!
- sixothree 1y agoWindows now has 7z support. I fear 7-zip will continue to lose relevancy for consumers of .7z files.