Ghostery Private Browser 2023.9 (fab9823) (64-bit) uses both more RAM and CPU (memory leaks)

[KNTRO]

EDITED: I can confirm now that the latest Ghostery version has memory leaks. It is not necessary to open a YouTube video — just open a few tabs with almost any website. and the RAM used by Ghostery will skyrocket above 2 GB in a blink of an eye.

Hi there,

Since last update (2023.9), Ghostery Private Browser uses both more RAM and CPU than before and than other Gecko-based web browsers. It even crashes with YouTube videos longer than 1hr in Full HD! 😫

Below it's a simple comparison.

• Running web browsers under Troubleshoot Mode
• Only one open tab with the same YT video playing in Full HD

Ghostery Private Browser 2023.9 vs Mozilla Firefox 115.3.1 ESR

Ghostery Private Browser 2023.9 vs Pulse Browser 1.0.0-a.83

What happened to Ghostery…?! 😭

[chrmod]

Thank you for reporting. We may have identified the source of excessive memory usage is latest version of Ghostery extension. The fix is on the way.