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Re:7-Zip for Linux by __s on Thursday March 11, 2021 @04:47PM (#26429420)
Two reasons:

- if you know tar supports your directory / metadata, you don't have to lookup if zst will preserve that info

- interfile compression

I don't think people would say they use tar because it's a stream format. They use it because it packages files/directories into a file

Re:7-Zip for Linux by zeepzeep on Friday March 12, 2021 @02:15AM (#26433011)
I only use it for keeping file permissions