A Surprise WinRAR Package Showed Up. Here's What's Inside!

[@WinRAR-RARLAB]

Just a little gift for the guy that single handedly made our sales go through the roof. ;) We are glad that you like it. Also thanks to Nick for the Idea!

[@lukem9962]

Have you ever thought about a special or a honesty box ? I'm sure there's many like me that can't justify 29.99 for it when it works annoyingly for free but would be happy to pay something for the service over the years

[@nimblenavigator9520]

I won't be happy until I recieve my WinRAR on a set of punch cards.

[@DFX2KX]

@@lukem9962 or even including registration numbers for the older versions for folks like Clint.

[@WinRAR-RARLAB]

@@lukem9962 @Carbon cricket FX Thank you. It's very kind of you to be willing to give us something for the service over the years. Please just get in contact with us, and we may be able to give you a discount so that you do not have to pay the full 29,99. Just write us an email. Of course we do not want to make too much noise about the discount here on LGR´s Channel, but since you asked so nicely, we wanted to reply to your comment!

[@araghon007]

Wait, why does the official WinRAR KZbin channel only have 10 subscribers? Everyone, go subscribe

[@matthewrichardson828]

This is a bigger achievement than the gold google button

[@LGRBlerbs]

the honest-to-god _truth_

[@kbhasi]

Nope, I think it's a bigger achievement than the KZbin diamond play button, not just the gold play button.

[@Emppu_T.]

It belongs in a museum

[@reecerox2]

Wtf is a google button?

[@huubhoogweg839]

@@reecerox2 I think he means play button

[@crabcrabhathat]

the worlds rarest registered copy of winRAR.

[@carlklitzke9455]

RARest

[@penismightier9278]

@@carlklitzke9455 WinRARest

[@JohnnyUtah488]

All registered copies are the rarest

[@sgt-wd]

Probably the only

[@mrt1r]

2021: Rarlabs goes public after an inrush of registrations. 2022: Rarlabs becomes the world's first 2 trillion dollar company.

[@ahandsomefridge]

Buying stocks as I'm typing this comment.

[@VeraTR909]

Winrar to the moon!

[@jeyendeoso]

someone get Elon Must to tweet about winrar

[@XeonProductions]

RAR to the moon!!! 🚀💎🙌🚀💎🙌🚀💎🙌

[@Cerg1998]

I mean Saudi Aramco did it first, and then Apple reached 2 trillions as well. But the third one isn't as bad either.

[@rubiksfaq9214]

With all the people now going to heaven for registering their copy of WinRar, Clint is practically a saint at this point

[@LGRBlerbs]

Patron saint of WinRAR? I can dig it.

[@ahandsomefridge]

That's enough to make a man want to better his life

[@someguystudios23]

Is that an AoG reference?

[@chupathingy5862]

Clint gets canonized. Dig it.

[@Jdogg4089]

I haven't used winrar in years

[@SkulShurtugalTCG]

Little did Clint know when he first started this journey just how long this saga would last...

[@HappyMinds1]

The winRAR saga has been the tale of the decade. Just when you thought it was all over. Something more.

[@shamelfuller]

wow you watch LGR, aswell? Not only are you a pokemon KZbin legend, but you're a classic electronics nerd, too! This is truly amazing! :)

[@GlitchClipsTheDegenerate]

@@shamelfuller he's also a pervert

[@wiiwheel2585]

didnt know you watched lgr lol

[@chongtak]

To the White House

[@StereoTyp0]

Classy move cleverbridge.

[@colinstu]

One could almost call it a .... clever move.

[@EngineeringVignettes]

@@colinstu - I like the way you _abridged_ the OP. :D

[@TheEmeraldMenOfficial]

@@colinstu That joke might be a *bridge* too far.

[@kiefac]

I'm gonna burn this bridge: please stop making bad puns

[@figit090]

@@colinstu glad someone said it lol

[@PXAbstraction]

I love it when vendors just play along with the gag like this. Shows they pay attention and actually care. Super cool. :)

[@MetalTrabant]

Or maybe shows that they have so few customers to serve...

[@lopwidth7343]

@@MetalTrabant Maybe both ;)

[@TJayVariable]

The note was even printed on a dot matrix printer. They really went out of their way for this

[@lopwidth7343]

Nicely spottet. Pretty fun to think they still have hardware to do this, when you cant buy floppies or dot-matrix printers as a consumer for the last 10 years

[@FindTheMasterpiece]

Doesn't seem like it. It's just the Courier font and with line numbers.

[@Charky_Creations]

@@lopwidth7343 you can though? Especially the printers.

[@lopwidth7343]

@@Charky_Creations not in certain EU countries, at all. Nowhere to be found in electronic stores

[@Charky_Creations]

@@lopwidth7343 the fact you can't buy something in a store doesn't mean you can't buy it.

[@KylesVideos]

Seeing a floppy disk with a copyright date of 2021 just boggles the mind a bit. I love that this exists!

[@MrlspPrt]

Are they still making floppy disks? I'm serious about this.

[@CptJistuce]

@@MrlspPrt Sony was the last manufacturer of the 3.5" floppy, and they quit in 2011. Obviously other formats ceased production well before that. I can't find information on when the last drives were manufactured, but I know they've ceased production. Figures the inventor of the 3.5" disk would be the last to let it go.

[@MrlspPrt]

Thank you both, I used floppy disks until high school between 2002-2005 (here in México, we have a technical format where you can get a degree as technician in "something"), but I only used them in my first university semester, after that I got a Sony USB and a Verbatim CD-RW, I noticed the format was dying when I changed my PC in 2008 and floppy disk was optional. It's too subtle that sometimes one can't see it, the girl I was dating bought a laptop that has no CD reader, neither SATA ports (only the new Nv... those pretty SSD drives).

[@squirrel_killer-]

I know a lot of the old companies will special manufacture them if you phone them and want to pay enough to make a large enough run of them. For reasons of NDA I can't say _who_ I was calling for, especially because the list of people who know about the project is short enough I will be narrowed in on, and saying who and why would reveal way more than they would like about upcoming things, but we called around to get quotes from a few companies to get them manufactured, but no one would do a small enough run of them for the needs we had. The tech and machinery is all laying around still in warehouses, they just want a lot of money to drag it out, and most people, heck, even most tech companies, could never afford it. Sure, the big ones like Google, Apple, Sony, etc could afford to do so as a joke, but the type of small quirky companies that would actually follow through on such a joke could likely never afford it. You can get the same thing done still for a lot of retro tech that is out of production BTW if you ever have dumb amounts of money to waste. Especially with audio tech, that shit regularly gets dragged back out for no good reason so a bunch of companies are getting the procedures in place to renew production when the demand returns.

[@the_kombinator]

I found it weird labelling them with modern dates so I can keep track of them (some of them with a labelmaker too) but to come that way from somewhere and not have a 90s label would be weird.

[@CraigVodnik]

Thank you to Nick for being his authentic self to pull this off! He is a sharp dude and likes to have some fun, which I hope everyone can find in their day job. And thanks to Clint for the video recognition! We appreciate it!

[@TCPUDPATM]

CEO of Cleverbrige :)

[@ukranaut]

Be careful Clint, by paying for the WinRAR you've started an ancient ritual which only the true Chosen One can complete.

[@BlackMageJawa]

Clearly, this is the start of the ARG leading into the plot of LGR: The Movie

[@JosiahGould]

Next thing you know, he's going to register mIRC.

[@kobalt_ren01]

as soon as you touch the physical media: "A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON"

[@bluespartan076]

@@BlackMageJawa The quest for the registration of WinRAR.

[@CptJistuce]

@@BlackMageJawa I'd watch it. I'd watch it in theaters, even.

[@me.genius]

Those guys from Rarlab were so nice to you that I'm seriously thinking about registering my winrar. What have you done to me

[@CCCW]

winrar was alway good to us. let's be good to them

[@JohnnyWednesday]

You have to self-flagellate for every day you went over the trial period and say "I must not steal WinRAR" between the tears

[@TheMisterpino]

Do it!

[@subg9165]

honestly, the people may be nice but that doesn't change the fact that winrar corrupts files and iirc doesn't let anyone else create rar files with their own software

[@hamizannaruto]

@@subg9165 Corrupt files? I see that very rare to happen, and what do you mean not letting you create rar file with their software?

[@tschak909]

"Thank you for being our first customer!"

[@WAncouvOR]

Haha

[@cc17926]

I would order WinRAR just to have it delivered via floppy!

[@haydensimpson02]

Never thought I’d see the day that winrar did a KZbin collab

[@mercuryzam]

Its super cool to see an official floppy disk release in 2021, even if it is a one off. honestly, im gonna go buy a physical copy and license for winrar, youve inspired me to do so

[@jeremiefaucher-goulet3365]

That's gonna be the most precious floppy disk known to mankind, since it's one-of-a-kind

[@existenceisrelative]

i think the floppies that _still_ run the nuclear missile launch programs top it. Even though they're less unique.

[@jeremiefaucher-goulet3365]

@@existenceisrelative I would argue WinRAR resonates with more people than nuclear missile silos ;) Creating more nostalgia demand. We should try both on an auction, and see which sells highest ;)

[@justsomedude5727]

@@jeremiefaucher-goulet3365 alright while you nerds pine over nostalgia im gonna hold the world hostage

[@existenceisrelative]

@@jeremiefaucher-goulet3365 I guess it's all down to how you define "precious". I went with "the most potential to end society." Rather than taking feelings into account.

[@jeremiefaucher-goulet3365]

@@existenceisrelative In that case.... You'd want to destroy those floppies instead of safekeeping them and calling them precious, no? If you are worried about nuclear war, make those missile silos ineffective ;)

[@jalbert653]

They should really sell a limited number of these.

[@blackhawk65589]

They do when you register your winrar :p

[@DoomguyAV]

@@blackhawk65589 LOL indeed!

[@rallyscoot]

@@blackhawk65589 WHERE?

[@x5nash870]

@@rallyscoot ebay

[@memenest468]

When u pay for WinRAR and get so praised and rewarded lmao

[@matt4193]

They sure pay back.

[@plaguerat7634]

Yeah if only i knew back in 98 or whenever i started using it

[@BinaryHedgehog1]

I don’t know how this saga started, but the floppy is adorable

[@MrlspPrt]

Clint buying a licence just because he wanted to know what happens... and he bought a physical copy.

[@marvinnation]

Those 3 people that disliked the video (so far) work for Winzip.

[@antisoda]

76 dislikes so far. There cannot be that many people using WinZip. ARJ-fans, maybe? PKZIP? I don't think 7zip-users care either way. :)

[@RinaldoJonathan]

@@antisoda I use 7-zip and I love this video.

[@steven-vn9ui]

That was lovely, what a great guy/company. Bravo Cleverbridge

[@queentribble2019]

Today I learned that everybody who neglected registering WinRAR missed out on a multi-month journey.

[@LeafGreenRikkor]

HECK YEAH 2021 the Year of WinRAR let's make this happen!

[@6581punk]

Whatever next, Winzip?

[@iaobtc]

You've unleashed an ancient curse. Now WinRar will never leave you alone

[@MrlspPrt]

I bought a WinRAR licence ten years ago, now any zip file I download or create is converted into rar... I can't even create jar or iso files because those are converted...

[@iaobtc]

@@MrlspPrt Winrar is Yandere

[@zorochii]

Now it's time for WinZip and WinAce to step up to the challenge.

[@charlessmith5465]

I thought about getting winzip the other day when I realized a trial of it had already been installed on windows 10. 🤔 But this has caused me to reconsider. If I put 7zip on a disk I might label it WinRAR too (for personal use, of course). 😆

[@wohlhabendermanager]

OMG, WinAce is a name I haven't read or even thought of in a really long time!

[@CptJistuce]

Go all the way! Register PKUnzip!

[@copperboltwire320]

@@CptJistuce Now THAT is a program i havent heard of in a looooong time. wow...

[@nimblenavigator9520]

@@CptJistuce ha.

[@richpickings2845]

Clint's fan base holds no bounds. It expands like the universe itself.

[@CzlowiekDrzewo]

"Every copy of WinRAR is personalised".

[@theWallychamps]

The disk holder still has that gunk in the inside. I can't unsee it.

[@LGRBlerbs]

Yeah it's some kind of old glue that's gone yellow, argh

[@NaoPb]

@@LGRBlerbs It's some kind of glue. Mine has it too.

[@Mick_92]

@@LGRBlerbs Maybe some kind of yellow-brown neoprene based adhesive?

[@mikester1290]

@@LGRBlerbs If you cant get rid of it, paint it!

[@nimblenavigator9520]

@@LGRBlerbs have you tried a Q tip with isopropyl alcohol to simply dissolve the glue?

[@limprlu]

You could say they're getting some attention for doing something like this, but who hasn't heard of WinRar by this point in time? This is just an awesome gesture from an amazing development team with a great sense of humor, and I dig that.

[@KevinRay_man]

That made me smile, that's pretty cool.

[@quasar281]

Clint paid for WinRAR, he's going to use the whole WinRAR!

[@MountainHomeJerrel]

Oh. It looks like magic does still exist in this world.

[@andrewdriver3318]

More companies should realize the impact stupid little things like this have. That little floppy probably sold a couple hundred registrations...

[@furious5009]

Lgr receives customer appreciation reward for being the first person to register product

[@frankowalker4662]

This so awsome, No wonder they're called Cleverbridge.

[@thdark]

This journey of yours has made me decide to register WinRAR, what a wild year

[@natalie5947]

I'm just imagining them digging through the old bins of dusty unused stock to find a floppy disk, booting up the diskette writing machine that's been in *that* corner for 20 years, opening the label maker software and scrolling to the "3.5 inch floppy" template which hasn't been opened in 7 years. A fun little adventure for the staff to do when they had some downtime. Good on Nick for this creative idea!

[@TheRealWulfderay]

This is amazing. You are probably single-handedly responsible for a telltale bump in their registration numbers!

[@StephenStaver]

Man, that is so freaking cool that they'd play along and provide that to you. Huge props to them.

[@fellipec]

I'm genuinely considering registering WinRAR just because this neat thing they did.

[@davesmith9451]

Clint, thanks for sharing this! What a wonderful gift from the people at WinRAR and Cleverbridge! It's great to see people enjoying their work and their contribution enough to take the time to think of this and do it. It's also a fine tribute to the popularity of your channel too that a viewer helped make this happen. Kudos to all!

[@Rollthered]

This is the most wholesome follow up in all of history. ^_^

[@rebeccaschade3987]

I registered WinRAR years ago. At the time I had a feeling I was the only one. :D

[@BasedCrusades]

Just bought a physical copy. They deserve it after all these years.

[@nafion112]

Wow! For a 90s nerdy kid turned professional computer engineer, this is absolutely heartwarming. What a treat at the end of a busy day. :)

[@Scorpious187]

I had to rewatch the intro to this three times to make sure I wasn't having a stroke, thanks Clint

[@michalsteier315]

That's just perfect. I registered WinRAR myself not because I use it now (which is not the case) but I used it back in '90s and early '00s. Kudos to WinRAR crew!

[@BingleBangleBungle]

The way you neatly tore off a strip off of that envelope flap was so satisfying. Imma start doing that from now on.

[@g.u.959]

These intros are changing with every video and I couldn’t be happier

[@juango500]

Next Video: I recieved a 5 inch floppy containing the WinRAR source code!

[@CptJistuce]

Video after that: "Check out this 8-inch floppy with a PDP-11 version of WinRAR!"

[@TheBomber15]

The pure pleasure Clint gets from things like this is something to behold! So endearing!

[@scaper8]

This is so freaking cool! A brand new, 2021 program on a 3½ floppy. Oh, I am so jealous, I love it.

[@redraptor6464]

This is so awesome. That Rarlabs is still a thing all these years later, that they watch and like your videos, that they sent you a floppy and you have probably the coolest diskette holder JUST for winrar! LGR is so amazing, keep up the good work Clint, always enjoy your stuff :)

[@jessesmith4309]

A+ effort.

[@wubdidu]

This is so nice. Saw the comment of the employee in the original video, didn't expect this to continue.

[@GeneralNickles]

"bleedings!" sounds like something a vampire would say when arrive at there house party.

[@EeveeFromAlmia]

Absolutely amazing that they still had blank floppies around somewhere + a computer to write them; that made somebody's day being able to make that for you.

[@MrClawt]

Why does this bring me so much joy?

[@veneroso3337]

Simply Amazing. This was a treat. I wonder what other software you could get this way lol. Truly you know a showman.

[@jeanhaley3051]

I like that they probably wrote the note in vim just because of those numbered lines.

[@heltoncwb]

Maybe Notepad++

[@AaronOfMpls]

@@heltoncwb I had Notepad++ on Windows (I'm using Linux now), but I never did print from it. No idea if the line numbers can print too or not.

[@zsolthornyak8431]

@@AaronOfMpls It can print line numbers, but I don't know if it's on or off by default.

[@CptJistuce]

I'm surprised they are that fond of suffering.

[@jeanhaley3051]

@@CptJistuce sounds like an emacs opinion to me

[@Fir3Chi3f]

That is so nice of them! And it's great that they recognize and thank you for the exposure!

[@ALTHiR]

Can you scan the label? Hide the serial of course. Would be neat to make your own. :)

[@64BitsFromHell]

That's actually pretty cool, getting a _new_ official release (of anything really) on floppy diskette. That 2002-2021 copyright year was nice to see.

[@MarcoMaurice]

Wow! You know something like this gives a company more personality and sympathy points than anything else. This wants to make me license WinRAR aswell.

[@jaczob666]

ROFL, absolutely amazing!! I love the fact the diskette holder has a spot for the note.

[@DeadPollo]

this is going to be worth *_billions_* in the near future

[@jbfarley]

Hahahahahahaha

[@KostasAlbanidis]

You did not "blur" the audio of the keyboard and now I know the keys you pressed! I can understand the sound each keys does, as anyone else can read lips! Thank you for the WinRAR 2.0 key!

[@kdoud152]

Bleedings and Blelcome to you as well.

[@microbuilder]

Blank you...

[@CheapBastard1988]

Blanks!

[@Karmy.]

Blinblar

[@x5nash870]

Bluck you

[@LordJorMagi]

Wow! Didn't know how nostalgic sounds the floppy disk reading noise!. I haven't heard it in like... 22+ years or something!. It really transported my mind to the 90s!. So cool times!.

[@ZippoX05]

when I saw the thumbnail I thought it was going to be some weird Japanese version.

[@TheInternetHelpdeskPlays]

I've used winrar for years and because of this channel I've registered it for the first time. 2021 really is the year for winrar registrations.

[@ms-dosman7722]

You're now the official Patron Saint of the #registerWinRAR movement.

[@williamcarlson9638]

I have a feeling Cleverbridge will be getting a lot of requests for WinRAR floppies now based on the evidence that I really want one now

[@IdealIdeas100]

nice! they sent you a 3D printed save icon!

[@matti157]

lol

[@mokopa]

Holy shit. Clint is now PART OF the history of WinRAR. Well (and I mean WELL) played, sir!

[@StereoTyp0]

That diskette holder needs to be modded with an LCD screen and a raspberry pi in the tray!

[@rawr51919]

It's cool enough as it is, but I agree, that'd make it just that much cooler

[@Rezzin8]

As a fellow registered WinRAR user this was just wonderful to see. Excellent!

[@ReneSchickbauer]

This is probably the ONLY software on a floppy disk you can buy that has a copyright date of 2021 on the label. In a few decades, some museum archivists will get very confused when they discover this piece of history ;-)

[@mattm7220]

I bet when the WinRAR journey began, you never expected you'd end up in possession of a guaranteed one-of-a-kind floppy disk of WinRAR. I hope the gravity of the fact that what you showed in this video is instantly the single most valuable WinRAR product as far as any collector is concerned (not that you would ever sell it) - it's not every day you get a one-of-a-kind item in the world of collectables (outside of Hollywood props/costumes). Congratulations! 👏🏻

[@SullySadface]

Dang, I was blaming someone buying Winrar for the whole quarantine situation but i guess they've made up for it. Also this brings the count of people whom i know to have purchased Winrar in $currentyear to 2

[@HardDriveGuruOfficial]

This is just delightful. I had no idea WinRAR of all things could be so interesting!

[@alansmith4734]

Cool WinRAR Easter Egg: Open the WinRAR program. Click on Help (top), then click on About WinRAR... . Left click on the 3 Bookstack and watch what happens! Enjoy! =) Bonus: If you multi-click the Sun, it brightens!

[@virgulinoferreira3472]

I've been using WinRar for decades and didn't know abut this. Great share!

[@alansmith4734]

@@virgulinoferreira3472 They used to have a Sailboat that appeared and sailed over the water, but now the Sun just brightens up!

[@MrJgsmith]

Loved this... when you were about to open it... I was chanting "Floppy Disk... Floppy Disk." 💾

[@russianbot8576]

can i just say i love your pc set up space recently? it looks so comfy, that low light is so pleasing. it's giving me 5pm after school sims obsession hour vibes, how nostalgic

[@LGRBlerbs]

Thank you, I'm glad to hear!

[@swirrllfolfsky9803]

This is awesome. I love little surprises to customers from the manufacturer like this.

[@axa993]

1. This should've went up on your main channel. 2. PLEASE CONVINCE THEM TO START SELLING THESE. Limited edition or whatever!

[@jbfarley]

No, it isn't even remotely close to the quality of his main channel's uploads, that's the way this channel always is. He's said so himself

[@philipcaseyacalloway204]

Very cool! Congrats on the pinnacle of tech achievements Clint!

[@Waldimart]

LGR Blerbs Daily soon?

[@MrsTold]

daily vlogs are the past, daily blerbs is the hot new thing ;)

[@DOSdaze]

This is awesome. I still use my own registered copy of WinRAR to this day; great software with apparently some cool people behind it. I hope they see a bump in sales because of this saga :)

[@shamelfuller]

can you please install Command & Conquer: Red Alert and Command & Conquer: 95 (Gold Edition) OR THE DOS VERSION OF C&C/RED ALERT!

[@mhhndeable]

You should completely document this. Its a one of a kind who know what value future put on that thing.

[@quattroconcept4]

Next video: Registering a copy of WinZip in 2021.

[@Crystan]

That's a pretty cool gesture. You're now the proud owner of a unique piece of WinRAR history. PR done right, as far as I'm concerned.

[@jsnsk101]

winrar on wax cylinder when?

[@MeNotYouSee]

I loved this!! I had a smile from ear to ear in amazement the entire time!!! Winrar "shouting out" to us old-schoolers !! Props to them!!!!!!!!!

[@MeNotYouSee]

Sorry, I forget the facts, Clint... You and your fans reach back to the people like us...They bring out the best times in my memories.. So thank you !! I'm a true fan.......

[@StereoTyp0]

Blint is my blavourite bloutuber.

[@NavyDood21]

I really should go register WinRar. I have used it so much for so many years, the devs 100% deserve the love they are getting from this!

[@Jmixup]

You have some of the best fans! Thanks for sharing this with us!