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    [–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

    Yeah. Firefox will gladly make itself comfy in my 32Gb... It's annoying because just because 80% of RAM is "used" doesn't mean it is really.

    [–] mm_maybe@sh.itjust.works -3 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    this; every time the ublock origin absolutists insist that everyone must use Firefox or die I just wonder if they never open more than one or two tabs anyway. hell, a sufficiently complex web app running in a single tab can make FF choke

    [–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

    You got it wrong actually. Firefox is not really actively using all the ram. It's more like reserving it. The system does that too. When the actual used RAM gets low, Firefox releases some of this unused RAM.

    [–] gens@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago

    Both you and @SaltyIceteaMaker are completely wrong. There is no such thing as "reserving" memory.

    [–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

    I mean I run ubo and firefox. And have hundreds of tabs open. On any system, it lags so I know the struggle.