![]() In a network (server/client) environment you must purchase a license copyįor each separate client (workstation) on which RAR is installed, used, or The purchaser's employees on the same number of computers. If you wish to purchase a higher quantity of licenses please contact our Sales Team (please remove all x). We'll be happy to assist you with your order.This post is about WinRAR. We all know WinRAR for it’s never expiring trial period and the annoying pop-up that we have massively ignored for decades now. I think there are not that many people that bought a WinRAR license for their personal computer, out of principles, guilt, or even accidentally. I have never owned a WinRAR license myself.īut that has changed. I was curious about the process, and wanted to go through this experience to see what it took to buy a license.I actually bought my very own license last month. Something you can proudly stall on the office shelf. Now, let’s back up a little, and take a look at the license agreement of WinRAR. The software is distributed as try before you buy. This means thatĪnyone may use the software during a test period of a maximum of 40 daysĪt no charge. Following this test period, the user must purchaseĪ license to continue using the software. Now, as I stated, there are a lot of jokes and memes about WinRAR. I added some of them to this post, and they really make me laugh.Īnd so it happened. On a bright sunny day, I headed over to the WinRAR webshop, and then I was happily surprised when I saw the order page. It had a checkbox to add a WinRAR Physical Delivery on CD.Īnd then I was like: nah, that’s a joke. But not long after I placed the order, I got this wonderful email: Who orders that? So I added the CD to the basket to see if it would ever arrive. So I decided to write back and to come clean to the WinRAR sales team. I told them that I was surprised about the CD, and asked them how many licenses they sell each year. ![]() That’s the question right? How does WinRAR make money? Well, they sell a bunch of licenses to businesses on daily basis. I don’t have the actual numbers, but what surprised me the most is the number of physical CDs that they ship each year. Since I had no integrated CD/DVD player in any of my devices, I also bought a portable/external reader. ![]() The disc is holding the installation source and the WinRAR key. So, after running the installation, I could finally make this official and add my license. Now, I’ve seen several examples of folks that framed their CD and/or license, and that seemed like the perfect idea to me. Now doesn’t that look pretty? Wrap things up So I bought a frame on eBay, to show off this beautiful piece of art in my office. No need to fix what isn't broken.What started as a joke basically, because I was curious about the CD, ended up being a fun experience to actually order WinRAR, receive the CD, get in touch with WinRAR sales, find a way to actually read the CD, and frame the whole thing to shine on my wall. Created in 1995, it's longevity is a testament to how well its model works. It's simply a program that works, that creates and gives the ability to view archives in RAR or ZIP file formats. WinRAR, like universal media player VLC, has evidently never felt much pressure or change its business model. YouTuber CHM Tech investigates WinRAR's gift: It's an older, less transparent version of the freemium model that partially paved the way for much of the internet as we know it today, with Spotify's success to name one. It's part of the company's business plan: Give away core features with light pressure to pay, add special features for heavy-use customers like businesses. It's no accident that WinRAR gives its program away for free even after its 40-day trial. Perhaps one of the best examples is WinRAR with its 40-day free trial, which, as anyone who has downloaded it knows, last far longer than said time period. Some software costs money, and some software is truly free. ![]()
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