3 ms·Service workers run in the background independent of any website pages open.by Arnavion 6y agoService workers run in the background independent of any website pages open.StavrosK 6y agoSo your computer can get slower without the hassle of you having to actually install anything!fuzzy2 6y agoThey do not, though. Chrome terminates any idle (or too-busy) service workers after some time.