Everyone knows OS and software, browsers, etc all use way more RAM than they used to, and arguably more than they rightfully should. Bloatware, etc.
I saw something recently that alleged MS puts a lot of shit into PCs that say they are doing one thing but are really doing another.
It would be wild if they are basically using the PCs of the world to do something like crunch numbers, mine bitcoin, etc. Oh, hey, this guy has 12 gigs of ram and is only "using" 4, that's 8 for us to sap.
I like dpkg/apt (debian package manager) based systems.
The beauty of this packaging system is the clean removable of packages, while maintaining dependencies ----- it doesn't leave a bunch of shit lying around.
Linux relies on shared libraries ---- so a new application doesn't have to re-invent the wheel, it just uses what is already there.
Ian Murdock (debIAN) did not kill himself with a vacuum cleaner cord --- he was a threat to Microsoft.