vteven
Re:What Is Google Chrome Helper, and Why Is It Hogging My CPU Cycles?
on Saturday October 18, 2014 @06:45AM (#8475101)
> In many cases, the plug-ins and processes they’re handling aren’t listed by name because the APIs don’t allow it. Google Chrome Helper is a martyr.
The author's chief complaint is that Google Chrome Helper obscures the source of crashes/hangs, making diagnosis that much harder. The article is badly written, sure; but the workaround does allows you to isolate suspect content from everything else.