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I bet it's Usenet users. WinRAR can split large files into chunks that are uploaded as separate Usenet messages.

• JackeJR 1y ago
  And also have parity built in for file recovery. The alternative will be to use par2 to create parity files.
  • qingcharles 1y ago
    The parity files are the killer feature for me. Probably 95% of the downloads from Usenet end up needing them.
• dmonitor 1y ago
  7z also does this now FWIW I'd still bet it's Usenet users that installed WinRAR way back when and have stuck to it ever since
  • kayson 1y ago
    That's me. But now everything is done automagically by nzbget and I use nanazip on my Windows desktop.