According to Windows Latest, the high memory consumption is due to the fact that Weather is not a fully native Windows application. Instead, it is essentially an MSN Weather web app built on Microsoft's WebView2 framework. Task Manager shows multiple Chromium-based subprocesses running simultaneously, which contributes to the unusually high RAM usage.
So many "apps" these days are just three web pages dressed up in a trenchcoat, eating up your vastly overpriced RAM. It wasn't a good practice even before the prices went up, but now we really need resource-efficient software.
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floofloof@lemmy.ca · 18 pts · 34d
So many "apps" these days are just three web pages dressed up in a trenchcoat, eating up your vastly overpriced RAM. It wasn't a good practice even before the prices went up, but now we really need resource-efficient software.
lietuva@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 34d
teams is another big example.eats 1.5gb while idling
ExtremeDullard@piefed.social · 8 pts · 35d
That's like $13 worth of RAM tied up just to get the weather at today's prices.
But you know what? Actually I'm rather shocked: I didn't realize Windows 11 had gotten this much better.
Not that I would know: I use a real OS, not a surveillance platform.
PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 34d
WebView has always sucked.