Electron

The Windows version went from 80MB of RAM use between two processes in version 7 to 500MB between 4 processes in version 8. The number of processes doesn't matter, it just meant I had to hit the plus button in Calculator a few extra times.

My laptop has 8GB of RAM that cannot be upgraded. I've been shopping for a new one, and it seems like 8GB is still the base configuration, even on $1,000CAD+ laptops including Apple Silicon Macs! I do not use Chrome or new Edge because of their insane RAM usage, to point where these vendors had to add tab suspension just to keep memory bloat under control. Add it on to an app like Corsair iCue for my keyboard, which has a ridiculous 1GB+ install and 700MB of RAM usage just so my keyboard can show pretty colours when I type. At least the only thing I lose if I close iCue is the macro keys.

It seems like developers do not care about making slim apps anymore. Leave all these apps to run at startup and you're idling at over 4 or 5GB of RAM out of 8 already taken. Turn on a browser, and now you've got 95% RAM usage, memory compression, and page file use. $deityofchoicehere help you if you don't have an SSD either.