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Microsoft's Weather App Eats More RAM Than Most Browsers – and Serves You Ads

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Microsoft's Weather App Eats More RAM Than Most Browsers – and Serves You Ads

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days ago

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Windows 11 Weather app consumes up to 1.6GB of RAM and displays third-party ads — roughly five times heavier than macOS's equivalent.

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I have a python weather app on my linux desktop using 37mb. 1.6gb seems a tad excessive.

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