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Because zipping it can reduce the size
EXE files don't really compress well, plus the files should already be internally compressed when the exe is built.
This is true for the code part, but executables can also contain data does compress well and maybe not be compressed inside the EXE (e.g. - to avoid the need to decompress it on every run)
Well sure but most exes I download are installers, where decompression only needs to happen once.
I've been on Linux for so long, I already forgot about having to download a zip file with an installer that installs a downloader that downloads and installs the actual application.