Over 2 million people installed this extension.

The extension’s developer likely never predicted how popular it would grow. The Great Suspender was a massive success. At the click of a button, it would re-load and let me continue where I left off. So if I opened a website and didn’t come back to that tab for 30 seconds, it would stop eating resources. The Great Suspender is a Chrome extension which lets you set a certain period of time, after which Chrome tabs would be paused. What is The Great Suspender? Why did it go rogue? It’s all a fairly typical tech story to be honest. Story time: The Life And Times Of The Great Suspender And yes, I do realise my leaving open 30 tabs at a time is not really Google’s problem. Thankfully, there was a solution to shut down unused tabs and save some of that memory. It’s the necessary evil that won’t go away. Whether it be for work or some application that’s built specifically for Chrome. The biggest reason is that Chrome is a hungry hippo when it comes to my laptop’s resources.īut I still have to use Chrome. From just not liking Google very much (well, beyond the Pixel 5) to privacy concerns, there are lots of reasons I try to steer clear of Chrome. I’ve also tried to use Firefox or Brave browser more in the past. I’ve swapped over to using Safari for most of my browsing these days. Unfortunately, The Great Suspender ended up in the wrong hands and was filled with malware, but can you still use this Chrome extension safely? Chrome Is A Hungry Hippo Turning to extensions like The Great Suspender meant you could control how long tabs claimed these resources. If you’re a Chrome browser user, you may have noticed it likes to slow down your laptop with massive consumption of resources.

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