Apple has a memory problem and we're all paying for it

Re:Apple has a memory problem and we're all paying for it by al_borland on Friday November 10, 2023 @01:48AM (#38215877)

If Chrome is the only reason someone feels they need more RAM, maybe what they really need is a new browser. A web browser should never even enter the conversation when talking about hitting hardware limitations.

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Re:Apple has a memory problem and we're all paying for it by sneed_chucker on Friday November 10, 2023 @12:15PM (#38221488)

Once upon a time that was a reasonable position to hold.

But nowadays full dynamic applications are shipped in a browser tab, and a huge number of "desktop" applications are written in JavaScript using electron, so they're essentially an isolated chrome instance for running that app.

People talk about chrome being a resource hog, and maybe it is, but if you have dozens of JavaScript applications running in different tabs, then chrome is just taking the blame for the fact that it's essentially serving as the user application layer of your OS.

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Re:Apple has a memory problem and we're all paying for it by LocalH on Saturday November 11, 2023 @10:03AM (#38230867)

Putting applications in the browser was a huge mistake that we're still paying for today.

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