RAM prices soar, but popular Windows 11 apps are using more RAM due to Electron, Web …

WhatsApp Discord and Teams all consume more RAM at a time when RAM prices are on the rise Some of the most popular apps in Windows 11 use so much RAM that they can impact your PC performance, and the fact that RAM prices are soaring high makes matters even worse. The issue is due to the trend of developers preferring web apps instead of native apps on Windows. Very recently, Windows Latest reported how RAM-intensive apps like Discord, Teams, and the new WhatsApp are, even while in the background. The common factor here is that these are communication-centric apps, and as you’d expect, they need to be kept alive even when you’re not using them. However, our testing proved that native versions of the apps (like the old WhatsApp) were not consuming a lot of RAM. These are some of the most used apps in Windows, regardless of what domain people are in. So, why don’t these apps have native versions? Is it that difficult for these companies to build native and optimized versions for the most popular desktop operating system? The worst RAM offenders on Windows 11 There hasn’t been a more relevant time to talk about RAM
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