Because Firefox is still the same legendary memory hog it’s always been
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OwOarchist@pawb.social 1 day agoI was scared for a long time to switch
But … why?
I’m honestly asking here. What’s so scary about using a different browser? I’ve got (let me count…) at least 6 different browsers installed on my current machine, switching between them for different tasks each of them is better at.
It’s not like switching from Windows to Linux, where you actually have to say goodbye to Windows (maybe) in order to make the switch. You can easily install Chrome and Firefox, using whichever one suits you at the moment. So what’s so scary about switching?
AngryRedHerring@lemmy.world 1 day ago
OwOarchist@pawb.social 1 day ago
If you keep 1000 tabs open, maybe. Otherwise, it’s not too bad.
AngryRedHerring@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
More like a hundred.
OwOarchist@pawb.social 16 hours ago
Guess it also depends on your system. I pretty routinely keep several hundred firefox tabs open with no issues … but I’ve got 80GB of RAM to go around, so it’s fine.
tackleberry@thelemmy.club 1 day ago
The Firefox memory hog issue is worse if you use Windows
AngryRedHerring@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
…I do. 😔
edible_funk@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Do you all just leave your browser open and running all the time?
AngryRedHerring@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
When not gaming, yeah
edible_funk@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Huh.
usernameunnecessary@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
15 years of use, everything synced with Chrome and I wanted to also decouple browser dependency for password management say the same time. Not knowing if Firefox is up for the task. In many ways.
But everything is fine. I don’t feel I made a compromise.