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Re:Windows 11 New Media Player Uses 3.5x More RAM, Charges f... by tentacleuno on Sunday June 21, 2026 @06:38AM (#48617589)
Isn't Edge slightly more efficient than Chrome on Windows? Maybe it's changed, but that's always been what everyone has said.
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Re:Windows 11 New Media Player Uses 3.5x More RAM, Charges f... by StilesCrisis on Sunday June 21, 2026 @11:33AM (#48619805)
Only in that they change the default settings to sleep tabs more aggressively. It's the same codebase.
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