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by FilterJoe 4137 days ago
Yes. Sandboxing makes sense when you think of browser as operating system. Isolate each process to increase security and crash-resistance. Makes sense, but it takes more memory.
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Frankly I have more memory than I need for most tasks so I don't mind this trade-off.
On the other hand memory memory takes more time to read, potentially leading to latency.