How can a 45 second youtube video use 2.4 GB on Safari on Mac?

[repoman]

This is not for this page only, it is just an example.

This is the video for what its worth:



This video was on a tab that only had it on it (meaning there were not 20 other pages before it). However this tab has been open for about 5 days.

The 2.4 GB is gone, because when I force closed it - it restarted and the video played again. Now it is only 112 MB.

Is there a memory leak going on?

I have not upgraded and on about 8 months behind schedule, but an worried that the new OS might be even worse.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

You-tube likes to load stuff in the sidebar--and reload stuff in the sidebar periodically. It also likes to play another movie after you're done with one.

 

[braces_for_impact]

But wait! I thought this kind of shit only happened on PC's?

 

[Malintent]

It could also have been the default video quality before versus after... 4k video quality would be huge compared with 360p.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Aren't all web browsers hogs these days? I thought Firefox was slim at one point. I have two tabs open and it is using 1.1 GB.