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[–] refalo 4 points 6 months ago (3 children)

horrible take IMO. firefox is using 12GB for me right now, but you have no idea how many or what kind of tabs either of us have, which makes all the difference to the point your comment has no value whatsoever.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I use Waterfox and it never uses anything near that.

[–] refalo -1 points 6 months ago

and if you had the same tabs open that I have, it would use a very similar amount of ram

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

How come it has no value? I used to run Chrome but now I run Firefox. My browsing habits have not changed yet the memory consumption has greatly improved. It may not have any value to you but it certainly was a valuable experience for me and I made the comment hoping that it might find someone who is in the same situation as I was. I've got nothing to prove and nothing to gain. Anyone may run their own experiment.

[–] refalo 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Anyone may run their own experiment.

I have and Chrome uses less memory for me.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago
[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

but you have no idea how many or what kind of tabs either of us have,

Can't speak for you but I certainly do have an idea of how many and what kind of tabs I have and how many and what kind of tabs I used to have in Chrome.

[–] refalo 0 points 6 months ago

would certainly love to see your side by side comparison of a large difference in memory usage between the two using the same tabs and no extensions with up to date versions.