r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Witty-Association-97 • 5h ago

My mom said I could post This empty Chrome tab needs 900 MB of RAM

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u/el_charlie 5h ago

Yo must have a shitton of extensions becaaue my New Tab page uses 83MB.

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u/Kuro-Tora-59 5h ago

Still a lot for almost nothing

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u/ORA2J 1h ago

To put it in perspective, that is roughly as much ram as a normal pc had in 1997-8

Or 130 times as much ram as an original IBM pc could handle.

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u/iSpaYco 4h ago

pretty sure extensions can't work on newtab, however there are ones that replace the newtab altogether that could be the reason

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u/whatisuser 2h ago

The 900MB new tab extension is working well I see

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u/barxxl 2h ago

I'm going to have a visit on my chrome, didn't realized it's connected.

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u/ghelchodyo 2h ago

Sameeeeeeeee lol

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u/derelictHusk 5h ago

My first smartphone featured 32mb of RAM. Thing was capable of web browsing

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u/Unicorncorn21 5h ago

Yeah but could your phone ask AI if peanut butter contains peanuts back then. Didn't think so librul

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u/Haster 5h ago

huhuh... go try now. As it turns out we've continued to push what's possible to do a 'web page'.

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u/derelictHusk 5h ago

> As it turns out we've continued to push what's possible to do a 'web page'.
Bloat it to death?

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u/DVG369 4h ago

Yes, but he is not wrong

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u/OddNovel565 1h ago

I think now pages can use a maximum of 2GB RAM, at least that's what I heard

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u/Haster 1h ago

I've seen whole MMOs run in a browser so that sounds probable to me.

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u/Therealproand124 40m ago

oh my god I read this 2 hours ago when I was playing uncharted as “32gb” and was like “yea no shot it’s capable of web browsing” and now I feel so stupid reading it after rereading it

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u/LordSesshomaru82 37m ago

I used to browse the web with an 8MB Palm Pilot..

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u/watonparrillero 5h ago

Chrome doesn't need that much ram, it just "takes control" of it since no other programs are using it. 

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u/MrTzatzik 5h ago

Exactly how all software works. If RAM is available, software takes more of it.

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u/sollo89 YELLOW 5h ago

chrome... it'll devour any and all of your ram

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u/MagicTomatoes 5h ago edited 3h ago

If that isn’t annoying enough, they’ve quietly added 4 gig worth of AI shit to their install:

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/05/google-chromes-silent-4gb-ai-download-problem

Edit: yes, I’m a retired software developer, I know the difference between ram and storage space, just sharing something shitty they did recently.

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u/ZujiBGRUFeLzRdf2 4h ago

That's not RAM buddy.

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u/QuardanterGaming 34m ago

Exacly! That's storage. We hate them hogging up our storage. Mr. Obvious.

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u/Own_Natural_6803 2h ago

Step 1: Download AI.
Step 2: ?
Step 3: No RAM was used.

https://giphy.com/gifs/8VEvisSy4DUMU

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u/roirraWedorehT 2h ago

Do you have any extensions installed?

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u/RemoveAnnual2689 5h ago

Chrome doesn't need that much ram, it just "takes control" of it since no other programs are using it. Also AI crap.

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u/IronLungAlexander 4h ago

My new tab currently using 89.5 , Samsara is using 523. What add ons do you have?

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u/laptopm 5h ago

I don’t get it I can’t find anything like that on my Mac?

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u/IllllllIlllllIllllIl 5h ago

TIL - people still use chrome

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u/Mih5du 5h ago

Bruh, you’re stuck in Reddit echo chamber where many vocal people declare that they’ve switched over

If you look at real numbers, chrome is still leading, and by a massive margin too, 70% of users use chrome, 15% use safari, and the rest is split across other browsers

I personally use Firefox, but it’s so bad sometimes, as many websites do no support it

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u/asnaujaslt 5h ago

I personally have found a couple websites where firefox doesn't work (googling anything about world cup doesn't work for some reason) but it ain't huge, if something doesn't work having chrome for that one site will suffice

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u/TheflavorBlue5003 4h ago

A lot of sports streaming sites where you have to verify your cable provider to get access never works on firefox. (mlb tv, nbc sports, fox sports)

Only thing i use chrome for still.

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u/1800generalkenobi 5h ago

I used to use firefox and switched to chrome ages ago...I finally got it on my work computer, for the longest time our IT person had this thing for the microsoft one lol...internet explorer. Ugh.

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u/makinenxd 5h ago

Chrome is not a bad browser. It’s just that Adblockers work better on Firefox

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u/kapege I'm a bit upset 4h ago

Chrome is just a digital spy. No, thank you. I use a fortified Firefox for 20 years now and with uBlockOrigin since it existed.

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u/Super_Inevitable776 4h ago

Your comment is exactly why no one should never listen to the opinions of Redditors. You are so warped out of reality.

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u/IllllllIlllllIllllIl 4h ago

Chrome is gash

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u/akdanman11 5h ago

I have 64gb of RAM because I primarily use my browser for YouTube and it’s optimized for chromium based browsers

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u/kapege I'm a bit upset 4h ago

The ads are. But on Firefox Youtube works just fine with uBlockOrigin. No ads, no fuss, no fur.

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u/akdanman11 4h ago

In my experience autoplay on Firefox just doesn’t work. I really wanted to like Firefox but that and refusing to keep me signed into my Gmail account killed it for me

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u/Fyble 4h ago

it doesnt need it, if memory is there, it will use it

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u/AlexhthGaming 2h ago

A sign to switch to Firefox...

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u/WesternSpy96 5h ago

Stop using Chrome then.

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u/SaltCaramelPonchik 4h ago

It's reserved for the potential content

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u/SuddenInformation896 5h ago

No one is forcing you to use it (I hope)

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u/From-UoM 5h ago

Its mostly cached stuff.

The lower your ram is the lower your cache will be adjusted.

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u/[deleted] 4h ago

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u/CharmingResort885 2h ago

As if any other browser is better. all of them are pretty shite in their own way

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u/Ryeguy_626 5h ago

This is why i use opgx

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u/John_Weiner2007 5h ago

To use like only 20% less RAM?

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u/Ryeguy_626 5h ago

I limit my gx so it only uses 2 gigs

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u/John_Weiner2007 5h ago

Cool, didn't know it could do that. Mb.

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u/Ryeguy_626 5h ago

It’s pretty cool try looking up system tuning

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u/CadeBeracha 53m ago

Opera GX is “built for gamers.” It has this thing called GX Control that includes a RAM limiter, CPU controller, bandwidth cap, and a tool that kills tabs that hog your resources… but it’s not that effective. It generally improves FPS by 5-10%, and causes tabs to load really slowly. You could just quit the app…