win-rar.com vs rarlab?

[Melodist]

I downloaded and purchased the newest version of winrar through win-rar.com instead of rarlab, was that good?

 

In hindsight, I checked the installer of win-rar.com and it is a few kilobytes smaller than the one from rarlab?

 

Left is from win-rar.com and right from rarlab?

 

[OhioYJ]

I have to ask what do you need winrar for?

[Melodist]

3 minutes ago, OhioYJ said:

I have to ask what do you need winrar for?

For unpacking files? Has been the most reliable for me. Such as installers from Avid.

[OhioYJ]

3 minutes ago, Melodist said:

For unpacking files? Has been the most reliable for me. Such as installers from Avid.

7zip unpacks rar files, it's free and opensource.

[dilpickle]

Both websites are the same company. Its fine.

[Melodist]

1 hour ago, dilpickle said:

Both websites are the same company. Its fine.

Just weird that the executable has different sizes.

[Skipple]

7 minutes ago, Melodist said:

Just weird that the executable has different sizes.

RARLab is the company that makes WinRAR. If you're at all concerned, check the digital signature of the exe.

[AyesC]

I agree with @OhioYJ, 7zip is much better.

 

But if you do want to use WinRAR, I usually got it from RARLab's website.

[dilpickle]

I never heard of win-rar.com before but I looked it up and its legit. It seems to be a spin off company of rarlab. I've always used the latter.

 

[Eigenvektor]

5 hours ago, Melodist said:

For unpacking files? Has been the most reliable for me. Such as installers from Avid.

You only need a license to compress files with WinRAR. There are free alternatives if you just want to decompress them, such as 7zip. These days I don't really see an advantage compressing to .rar instead of .7z

[AbsoluteWoo]

I can't believe you've paid for WinRAR. 

[Melodist]

On 8/24/2023 at 12:33 PM, AbsoluteWoo said:

I can't believe you've paid for WinRAR. 

Are you the type who likes their stuff for free? Do you also work for free, for fun and pay your hardware-purchases with your body?

[mMontana]

I'd never pay for WinRAR. In fact, anytime I find the trial version, I install 7zip.

 

WinRAR is faster, but most of the times, 7zip is just fine.

[AbsoluteWoo]

On 8/25/2023 at 3:12 PM, Melodist said:

Are you the type who likes their stuff for free? Do you also work for free, for fun and pay your hardware-purchases with your body?

No, I am someone who doesn't pay for niche software when 1) there are free versions available, and 2) I don't need the niche features.