WinRAR has a major security bug, and you have to install its fix manually
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Attackers can utilize a bug to execute code on your PC when you open zipped files.
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I paid for it 🤷 that’s how devs can afford to keep working on their open source projects in the long run.

Wrong wording due to posting early in the morning, meant any independent work…

I paid for it too. I mean fuck man. I’ve been using winrar for almost 30 years. That’s more than I can say for most things in my life. I figured it was the least I could do.

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Same I bought the physical disk too, not like I have a disk drive. But now I have a licensed winrar disk

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You guys are all Eugene Roshal alts. Aren’t you? Nice try Eugene!

Edit: in reality I think Eugene is a badass who has done something really special in a world overflowing with greed.

Winrar is… Not open source. Where did you get that from?

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Early in the morning post, worded that wrong, but the sentiment is the same, open source or independent projects, the creators need something in return to keep working on them

That’s fair enough!

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