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		forgotpwtomain on April 22, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The average size of Web pages is now the average s... How about browser bloat? Each chromium tab on linux takes an extra ~50-150mb depending on the site -- and I still have no idea what they need all of that memory for...

niutech on April 25, 2016 | [–]

Chromium is a memory hog, it is a well known fact. Use Otter Browser or QupZilla instead.

r1ch on April 22, 2016 | [–]

Mostly Javascript and caches.

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