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  1. 1. Have you used and payed for winrar in the last 10 years

    • I use winrar and pay
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    • The use winrar but don’t pay
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    • I don’t use winrar. But would pay
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    • I don’t use winrar. But I wouldn’t pay
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2 minutes ago, RollinLower said:

been using winrar for years, but finally bought it a few months back. it;s a very nice program, and i feel like they definitely deserved the cash :P

 

I always feel pretty guilty about using it for free :(

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11 minutes ago, kittyducky06 said:

Just curious 

Why use anything except 7zip these days?

10 minutes ago, Keystone Nyan Cat said:

7-zip; why use anything else?

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2 minutes ago, imreloadin said:

On the same note this is pretty sad...I know that like literally everyone here uses this software xD

https://www.patreon.com/wagnardsoft

I have never used this "Display Driver Uninstaller" nor do I plan to, so there..

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1 minute ago, imreloadin said:

On the same note this is pretty sad...I know that like literally everyone here uses this software xD

https://www.patreon.com/wagnardsoft

$22/month? Fuck that. I'd pay $22 or maybe $30 once for a lifetime license for software like DDU.

 

Welp I totally misunderstood that. They have 12 patrons at a total of $22/mo, if I read that correctly.

 

I see you can pledge $1, $5, or $10 or more.

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3 minutes ago, WereCatf said:

I have never used this "Display Driver Uninstaller" nor do I plan to, so there..

You've never used DDU when doing clean installs of display drivers? Then you sir are doing it wrong xD

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1 minute ago, dalekphalm said:

$22/month? Fuck that. I'd pay $22 or maybe $30 once for a lifetime license for software like DDU.

 

Welp I totally misunderstood that. They have 12 patrons at a total of $22/mo, if I read that correctly.

 

I see you can pledge $1, $5, or $10 or more.

Yeah it's just the dev's patreon page lol.

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11 minutes ago, WereCatf said:

I always feel pretty guilty about using it for free :(

No reason. The company allows that you use it for free

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It's quite pointless this argue between what program is better, this is one of those few cases where personal preference is all there is to it.

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3 minutes ago, imreloadin said:

You've never used DDU when doing clean installs of display drivers? Then you sir are doing it wrong xD

No, I have never had any need for such things. Personally, I feel that the people who use DDU are doing it wrong.

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2 minutes ago, imreloadin said:

You've never used DDU when doing clean installs of display drivers? Then you sir are doing it wrong xD

I also never use DDU. I don't think I've ever actually used it. I just perform a standard uninstall. Or the odd time, I've used the first party driver uninstallation tool.

 

Never had cause to use DDU.

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12 minutes ago, imreloadin said:

You've never used DDU when doing clean installs of display drivers? Then you sir are doing it wrong xD

you can literally uninstall any drivers using the device manager and control panel

 

**7-Zip is way better than payrar.

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Why would anyone pay for an inferior piece of software when 7z is free...

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7-zip exists and I think it looks and works better than Winrar. The older Winrar has a nostalgic look to it though. I remember using it many years ago.

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7zip, it's free and is a much superior software to WinRAR in terms of compression power.

 

The only ones who would still use WinRAR today, are either those who are unaware of the better free alternative out there or are just too stubborn to use anything else.

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1 hour ago, imreloadin said:

On the same note this is pretty sad...I know that like literally everyone here uses this software xD

https://www.patreon.com/wagnardsoft

Ouch... $22 USD a month for something major companies like EVGA recommend....

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1 hour ago, imreloadin said:

You've never used DDU when doing clean installs of display drivers? Then you sir are doing it wrong xD

With AMD driver, uninstalling with DDU caused an issue when installing a new AMD driver that AMDs uninstaller you can get from the website (NOT built in the driver) didn't. Don't know if random or actually a thing.

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1 hour ago, WereCatf said:

No, I have never had any need for such things. Personally, I feel that the people who use DDU are doing it wrong.

In most cases, you don't need to use DDU, and you shouldn't really have to. That being said, some issues can be resolved by using DDU because it goes deeper in removing anything left behind. 

 

It's not really about doing it wrong, but rather that some issues creep up and DDU can sometimes fix it.

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Winrar is good and has been forever. I paid for it just because of it's longevity and not to have to see the popup when I use it since It's my go to.. I never did like 7zip, too commercial as well as a bit bloated for my tastes..

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