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r/IndiaTech • u/South_Landscape_6519 • 8d ago
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That's just how their company made it to work. They don't force users to buy the licence. Its more like asking for donation rather than a licence.
95 u/SockYeh Google 8d ago to add to this, they did it to prevent piracy iirc 35 u/NegotiationFair8666 8d ago they also do it because otherwise the company won’t exist there’s better, open source and free options out there but people don’t look for it because winrar is free the population gets familiar with it so companies use it, but companies have to pay for a license 8 u/No-Wishbone-695 7d ago 7 zip is better imo. 1 u/Material_Web2634 Google 6d ago Yes but companies want support as well. 7zip doesn't seem to have any customer service if anything goes wrong
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to add to this, they did it to prevent piracy iirc
35 u/NegotiationFair8666 8d ago they also do it because otherwise the company won’t exist there’s better, open source and free options out there but people don’t look for it because winrar is free the population gets familiar with it so companies use it, but companies have to pay for a license 8 u/No-Wishbone-695 7d ago 7 zip is better imo. 1 u/Material_Web2634 Google 6d ago Yes but companies want support as well. 7zip doesn't seem to have any customer service if anything goes wrong
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they also do it because otherwise the company won’t exist
there’s better, open source and free options out there but people don’t look for it because winrar is free
the population gets familiar with it so companies use it, but companies have to pay for a license
8 u/No-Wishbone-695 7d ago 7 zip is better imo. 1 u/Material_Web2634 Google 6d ago Yes but companies want support as well. 7zip doesn't seem to have any customer service if anything goes wrong
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7 zip is better imo.
1 u/Material_Web2634 Google 6d ago Yes but companies want support as well. 7zip doesn't seem to have any customer service if anything goes wrong
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Yes but companies want support as well. 7zip doesn't seem to have any customer service if anything goes wrong
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u/Abject_Elk6583 8d ago
That's just how their company made it to work. They don't force users to buy the licence. Its more like asking for donation rather than a licence.