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by clouddrover 937 days ago
> Sorry I like the battery in my laptop, and I like my browser not consuming 1GB RAM per process

With more effective ad blocking in Firefox you'll process less and load less. And since Firefox lets uBlock Origin use WebAssembly the blocking runs faster and more efficiently too.
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FreezerburnV 937 days ago
I don’t use browsers unless I have uBlock Origin installed. Despite Firefox getting better features from it, it’s a crazy resource hog. And that’s in comparison to Chrome! Let alone all the other issues I have which I have no hope of going away either. (Well, no hope isn’t quite accurate since like I said I give it a spin occasionally only to walk away disappointed)
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clouddrover 937 days ago
> it’s a crazy resource hog

It isn't. Chrome and Firefox have similar memory usage these days.

Actual measurements are better than anecdotes. Here are some actual measurements:

https://www.tomsguide.com/news/chrome-firefox-edge-ram-compa...

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FreezerburnV 937 days ago
Funnily enough, responding to someone saying "I literally saw multiple processes eating 1GB+ of RAM" with "This website over here did some measurements and says you're wrong" isn't going to come across as well as you think it is.

I've had Chrome open for some number of days and when I check Activity Monitor, the most RAM-expensive process is currently sitting at <500MB, a few others at 100-300MB, and the rest at under 100MB. The "energy impact" of it is at 160-ish. Whereas, again, Firefox was taking up 1GB+ of RAM in multiple processes and the energy impact was more like 260-ish, my battery was dying way faster, I would see CPU usage of double Chrome regularly, and macOS was always saying that Firefox was using a lot of power. The RAM usage is something I've seen on Windows as well, along with issues with the browser just behaving poorly over time. I just don't see these issues on Chrome or (most of) its derivative browsers. (I've used Brave a lot as well)

Guess I'm just objectively wrong though, because Toms Guide disagrees with what I'm seeing.

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clouddrover 937 days ago
No, you're objectively wrong because other users aren't seeing what you're seeing. That's the problem with anecdotes.

I've had Firefox 120 running for days and it's not doing what your strange set up is doing.

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