firefox eats too much memory and I have macbook pro w 24g

[Fish2026]

 Only during the last few months have I gotten the beach ball.   Recent M4 Macbook pro w 24 g

It doesnt take much time to get to that beach ball.  restarting only gives me  a short reprieve

[siffemcon]

You could file a bug:

- via the address bar, go to about:crashes and submit all pending crash reports. Copy the ID of the most recent report.

- via the address bar, go to about:support > click 'Copy text to clipboard' > paste to a text editor and save it as a plain text file

- via the address bar, open about:memory in a new tab > click 'Measure and save'

- file the bug at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org. Choose the 'Report a new bug in a Mozilla product' > Firefox option.

- click the 'Attach New File' button to upload your saved files. Also mention your last crash ID.

[MNEL]

The browser is terrible. You can't even use it. It reminds me of dialup internet in Asia during the 1990s.