Microsoft finally gets around to supporting rar, gz and tar files in Windows

Maybe by 2075 Microsoft will discover that there are lots more filesystems in the world than merely FAT and NTFS.

The NIH syndrome is strong at Microsoft. But they seem to be slowly coming around to the realisation that their lack of interopability is hurting them, and not their competitors.

"... criminals noticed the constant demand for decompressors, making them a target for ridealong adware and malware. Many a download site also tried to confuse those who sought decompression tools with dark patterns, luring users to unintended downloads. "

Microsoft has supported rar, gz and tar files in Windows for 5 years now by shipping libarchive and bsdtar with Windows starting in April of 2018.

I’m glad they got around to putting ads in the OS first /s