Ask HN: Why does Chrome use 100+ mb of memory per tab?

8 points by Uptrenda ↗ HN

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Isnt chrome doing process isolation per tab? The cost of RAM comes with strict security guarantees.
Its google, they are probably allocating 99mb to make sure adverts are displaying for max revenue and tracking is being sent by the truck load.

And 1mb for the page content.