Hi there, I have been using Firefox since a long time with these extensions. Do you think if any of those are redundant? Why I ask this is that while using Outlook in Firefox, it’s consuming around 1.7 GB of RAM. I don’t think it should be using this much amount of RAM for just a single tab of Outlook. Edit: I already use uBlock Origin, but it’s not present in the attached pic.
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I do not care about cookies and URL cleaner can be replaced by uBo alone. Via Lists.
Firefox has local translation built-in. So translate apps are not needed. Using uBo in Medium Mode will reduce RAM at the cost of you having to provide permission to the sites you want. But it also increase your privacy and add security by reducing your attack surface.
On Android, there is an app to see YouTube votes, I use that rather than using an extension. For privacy reasons. Since the app is on demand the extension will always king a server.
I would suggest using LibRedirect and use YT fronts rather than YT directly since they remove ads automatically. So, sponsorblock is not needed. However if you want to use YT directly then SB is a must.
What is the RAM usage of the AI extension? Do you know?
This is a golden thread for extension recommendations
I think Id swap the “i still dont care about cookies” with “consent-o-matic” to autodecline cookies and would add “ublock origin” (the second might help not load unecessary stuff)
These are my extentions:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/18115946/Mobile/
Thanks for the reply. I’ll try out your first suggestion. Btw, I use uBlock Origin, but it isn’t visible in the list. Will edit in the post.
FWIW… That’s Ublock Origin NOT from any browser’s app store. 🤌🏼
edit: if this is the first time you’re hearing that “app stores” have modified all ad-blockers they offer to allow the ads they choose…you might be one of these moronic downvotes. 🤦🏼♂️
what are you talking about?
What part is confusing, exactly?
FWIW… That’s Ublock Origin NOT from any browser’s app store. 🤌🏼
edit: if this is the first time you’re hearing that “app stores” have modified all ad-blockers they offer to allow the ads they choose…you might be one of these moronic downvotes. 🤦🏼♂️
what is a “browser app store”? do you mean the addons/extensions page?
what extension have you downloaded that made you think the browser’s owner can edit the extensions? are you just making stuff up?
i’ve always used uBlock Origin in firefox and it never showed any ads except for youtube a couple of times because of anti-adblock updates from youtube, that were quickly patched by ublock!
uBlock Origin should already remove cookies notice from sites, so I think “I still don’t care aboht cookies” could be deleted. But that 1.7GB of RAM usage is probably not because of that addon.
Most of other addons I see should be domain specific, so they should not run on outlook for example.
Maybe on outlook page there is so much bloat that uBlock Origin blocks, which increases ram usage. Try taking a look at what uBlock is doing and maybe change its filters.
Edit: Knowing Microsoft tactics, try also changing useragent to Microsoft Edge, maybe they will be easier on usage.
Removing an extension should not have a huge impact on the RAM usage. I assume Outlook in the browser just requires a lot of RAM. Browsers and huge browser apps require ton of RAM, that sounds normal to me. Especially if you have lot of RAM, then Firefox will make use of that more, because a lot is available. That ensures a fast operation. Reducing the RAM usage might cause Firefox to cache data on the filesystem, then it will get slower, if it really needs that much RAM.
For testing purposes create a new fresh Firefox profile, which is basically what you get when you install Firefox new without your personal configuration and extensions. Try using Outlook in a fresh profile. Also try a different browser that is not based on Firefox (in example Brave) to see if it requires that much RAM too. This way we know if its because of the App, because of your profile or because of Firefox.
