Zip or .exe files makes no difference to me. I process one file at a time and place it in a folder on my desk top before it goes to my runtime folder. Though, a zipped file would be smaller for storage than a .exe file. So from that perspective I wouldn't mind them switching to a .zip format.

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi