Why are most app downloads these days as a .dmg file?

What ever happened to the old .sit, .cpt, .sea and other formats that used to dominate the Mac download world years ago? It seems like 99% of my app downloads these days are as a .dmg file. In wonder if they are better than .sit.
John

Apple includes built-in zip support, as well as DMG, of course.
It used to be that Apple included Stuffit Expander, but now, you need no extra software - assuming everyone moves to zip and DMG files.
Works well, and frankly, at first it bugged me, but now I prefer it.
That's likely due to 22 years of using Macs...
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