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#Chromium vs chrome reddit software#
Sponsorware is a release strategy for open-source software that enables developers to be compensated for their open-source work with fewer downsides than traditional open-source funding models. I'm not the foremost expert on the distinction between sponsorware and subscriptionware, but GitHub describes sponsorware as follows: I've my issues/desires concerning Firefox functionality & features just like anyone else, but system resource management has yet to make it onto that list, or even its radar. So yeah, I'm confused by the "Firefox uses too much memory" mantra.

It's not all that uncommon for Safari RAM to get up into the Yellow and occassionally Red pressure-wise, and it's just expected at this point that certain websites will prompt the top of the browser page warning of utilizing too much resources and do you want to shut the page notice. This same usage model while using WebKit browsers such as Safari, and to a lesser extent Orion, use noticceably more RAM, and again seemingly more importantly - far more Memory Pressure. Pages and Tabs never freeze or reset/reload themselves - and I'm a big user of multiple desktops/spaces loaded down with their own tabs, so I'm not going easy on my browser. Firefox moderately hardened and extensioned on my M1 uses less RAM, and seemingly more importantly - the RAM it does use is subjected to appreciably less Memory Pressure, like never even gets off the floor of the Activity Monitor gauge used to indicate memory pressure less. See now, I keep seeing this repeated incessantly in various subs but Firefox on my 2020 M1 MBA-16GB has always behaved the literal opposite of this. Firefox, Librewolf Have good extension support, but consume noticeably more RAM than Safari.
