Why does Microsoft Edge consume so much RAM with ads?

It’s common to find Microsoft Edge slowing down your machine by chewing through gigabytes of RAM when you have multiple tabs open, especially when they load heavy dynamic banners and hidden trackers in the background.

Crushing memory bloat in Edge

Excessive RAM usage is triggered by the execution of ad scripts. AdBlock Network prevents them from reaching your memory. The extension performs asynchronous read-only requests to multiple independent endpoints to update the firewall, blocking the download of heavy ads at the Address layer before they can consume your system memory.