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Re:Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other block... by krzyk on Friday September 20, 2019 @02:42PM (#21029909)
Chrome uses more memory than Firefox. Just try opening 50 tabs in each - chrome will eat your RAM.
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Re:Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other block... by bduerst on Friday September 20, 2019 @06:51PM (#21032110)
I've never understood this argument. What's the purpose of having RAM if it's not utilized?
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Re:Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other block... by ryanisnan on Monday September 23, 2019 @04:50PM (#21053470)
That logic works if you're not bounded on RAM, but it's not an inexhaustible resource; personally I'd rather keep it free for VMs or other high cost operations.
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