Alright, so maybe you’re thinking about ditching 7-Zip and getting freaky with NanaZip. Okay, boomer, let’s unpack this.
First off, we’ve got NanaZip claiming to be modern and open-source. Cool. So what? Every freeware developer thinks their hot, new garbage is better than sliced bread.
The real question is: are you actually going to notice a difference? Probably not. You’re extracting files. Big whoop. But fine, let’s say it’s marginally faster or uses less RAM. Does that save you any actual time? Or prevent you from needing to buy more memory?
Maybe, if you’re like extracting massive files all day, every day – so, a professional video editor or something. But the rest of us are mostly just downloading cat pictures, so who cares?
Then there’s the modern UI. Oh, joy, another program desperately trying to look like it was designed this century. I bet it shimmers and glows and dances on your desktop with annoying animations.
Meanwhile, 7-Zip does the job just fine and doesn’t require a NASA supercomputer to run. Plus, did anyone ever actually complain about 7-Zip’s interface? It’s functional, efficient, and doesn’t pretend to be something it’s not.
Sometimes, simple and proven works better than shiny and new. And the open-source thing? People say security, like open-source makes it some kind of Fort Knox and closed-source is somehow vulnerable.
As if hackers give a rat’s ass where the code came from. If they want in, they’re getting in, open-source or not. The real advantage of open-source is community support. If NanaZip gets abandoned, someone can pick up the torch.
Which, let’s be honest, freeware programs get abandoned faster than a Kardashian gets divorced. So, should you switch? Eh. If you have literally nothing better to do with your time.
It doesn’t really solve any pressing problems. It’s a file extractor. It extracts files. What is there to even think about?
What if all this obsession with modern software is just a way to distract us from the real problems? What if we’re so busy tweaking our interface that we completely miss what’s actually happening in that next archive?
Are we sacrificing substance for style, and do we even realize it anymore?
Huh, something to think about.
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