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there's no incentive for a browser to stop consuming if the OS lets it. If you can open infinite tabs, and each tab takes N amount of RAM, and the OS says here
by andrewfromx 4y ago
there's no incentive for a browser to stop consuming if the OS lets it. If you can open infinite tabs, and each tab takes N amount of RAM, and the OS says here you go... same with photoshop and final cut, you can keep opening more docs and more movie clips.
Imaging getting an OS message "sorry, even though your computer has 12 more GB of ram available, this program has used its max. Allow more?" people would ask for this message to be disabled and the allow more Yes option be the default.