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Since RAR and 7-zip is supported by Windows out of the box these days, I can not think of much scenarios where you would benefit from WinRAR in a way you'd be willing to spend money for. https://www.pcmag.com/news/windows-11-finally-adds-support-f...


I still have to use 7zip because of how buggy the support in explorer is. And even if it was perfect it still can't handle encrypted archives


WinRAR is way faster.




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