And it being installed with unrelated software as crapware, and Google adopting Microsoft's "Youtube isn't done until Firefox doesn't run"...

and they advertised it on tv pretty heavily, too.

For years I've seen blue as a social media color and stayed away. A beautiful peaceful color ruined by Facebook and its ilk

Lynx gang!

(Edit: love it that somebody gave me a downvote for mentioning the Lynx browser)

I want my browser to be hungry. I'd rather have it using the memory for sites than have the sites reload when I switch tabs. I want it to be fast on all things.

This is not exclusive to Chrome. No matter what I use, I want it to be running from RAM and not have to swap or reload anything. Even things on my phone. I absolutely hate when I'm in the middle of multitasking on my phone and I go back to some information and the app has been unloaded and needs to load from scratch again (sometimes requiring a login to view the information I had previously retrieved).

That being said, I load everything I own up with about as much RAM as I can, and I buy devices with more RAM than I think I'll need. Generally when considering an upgrade to my current cellphone, I'm looking at the RAM of the new phone and considering if the increased amount justifies the work and cost involved with changing phones (if there's an increase at all). Since RAM will be the most significant factor in whether or not something can keep up with me.

My main PC has 64G, my laptop has 32G, and I believe right now, my current phone has 8G. It may be time to upgrade my phone....

It wasn’t, people were using out dated explorer versions and up to date Chrome was faster

Luckily Microsoft learned from Google that you can’t leave updates up to the user

It's like a little trophy that we get the privilege of using as a reward for mastering GIMP's admittedly beginner-hostile interface