Clarification: Windows computers do unzip files, but it requires an add-on piece of software to do so. Unzipping is not built into the System as it is on a Mac.
Many years ago, when there was no single compression standard on the Mac (remember StuffIt?), Windows settled on the zip format, but left it to others to create the needed software. The Windows shareware developer of the #1 zip software commented at the time if everyone who used his software had paid the shareware fee, he would be a multi-millionaire (in 1980's dollars).
On a Mac since 1984. Currently: 24" M1 iMac, M2 Pro Mac mini with 27" BenQ monitor, M2 Macbook Air, MacOS 14.x; iPhones, iPods (yes, still) and iPads.
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