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g947o 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: LinkedIn uses 2.4 GB RAM across two tabs

Reclaiming memory is not free.

It's better not to use 2.4G RAM in the first place. Imagine LinkedIn isn't so hostile to users and instead actually cares about user experience.

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