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Let's just ignore very popular apps I don't like that happen to use a lot of memory so I can make a point.

• edgarvaldes 10y ago
  And Firefox with one single website. But even so, the test is interesting because others can run a more realistic use case and report on that.
• andrewmcwatters 10y ago
  Maybe they shouldn't use tons of memory carelessly.
  • euyyn 10y ago
    But they do. And not necessarily carelessly.
    • mhw 10y ago
      There seems to be a pretty consistent pattern of Chrome and apps built with Electron having large memory footprints. You should turn up here when an Atom article hits the front page and see how HN commenters' attitudes to memory consumption change then...
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