How to Reduce Google Chrome's Memory and CPU Usage https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/reduce-chrome-memory-cpu-usage/
How to Reduce Google Chrome's Memory and CPU Usage

Google's Chrome browser has long been criticized for being a system resource hog, which is why Chromium developers have been busy working on ways...

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@macrumors Close it, uninstall it and use another browser.
@macrumors by using another browser. Simple.
@macrumors https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium at least use this version of Chromium 🤦‍♂️
GitHub - ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium: Google Chromium, sans integration with Google

Google Chromium, sans integration with Google. Contribute to ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium development by creating an account on GitHub.

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@macrumors serious question: why leave tabs open? admittedly, i have gmail running in an open tab all the time, but modified my workflow by managing everything with bookmarks and a reading list.
@macrumors Good to know. This should be on by default.