Why is .lzh format still popular with japs?

The rest of the world uses .zip and .rar and these retards still seem to use .lzh a lot.

It's not because the format itself was constructed by a "fellow" Jap is it?

7z doesn't really integrate into the shell unless I can *automatically* click on a 7z file and have it open (I couldn't, last I looked).

Really, zip is used because it gets the job done, it's built into windows (and well supported on other platforms, like KDE) and it's universal.

There's really no *compelling* reason to drop zip, or to use rar (never understood why crack kiddiez and piratez luv dem sum rar; but it's always been that way); especially since the rar compression algorhythm is proprietary (meaning: can't be reproduced by any competeing company).

I don't see the need, and -truth be told- I've never *EVER* come across a 7z file while downloading shit. Ever.