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IMO Chrome desperately needs to minimize its memory usage.

Memory is like $3-4/GB (decently fast DDR4). And you've been fine with 16GB for a decade without upgrading.

If you're stuck on some un-upgradable old budget device, it's unlikely the memory holding you back either.

OTOH - new, entry level Macbook M1s come with 8Gb RAM. Those are the ones I could afford (= full monthly salary) but I'm reluctant to buy because of Chrome.

Chrome with only about a dozen tabs open can take up to 16GB of memory. There is no defense for this. It only gets worse as time goes on and as more tabs are opened.

I have 64GB of memory total and about 16-32 of it is in use for virtual machines, which is reasonable.

How much total memory do you expect the average computer to have?

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