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RAM prices soar, but popular Windows 11 apps are using more RAM due to Electron, Web components (www.windowslatest.com)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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  • Windows Latest discovered Discord and other Chromium and Electron-based applications with high RAM usage
  • RAM usage spikes from 1GB to 4GB on Discord both in and out of voice chat
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[–] 9 points 11 months ago (1 child)

maybe a toggle to choose between "take some extra RAM, I'm feeling generous" and "fuck you, I'm computing shit over here" could be used to let the app know your current mood / needs ...

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  • [–] 11 points 11 months ago*

    Memory hogging browsers usually do release memory when pressured. You can take it further by getting extensions that unload unused tabs.

    The problem is electron apps that load the whole browser core over and over.

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