Windows 11 Weather App Uses Five Times More RAM Than macOS

Windows 11's Weather app is a memory hog. According to a report by Frandroid, it consumes about five times more RAM than its macOS counterpart. And it still shows ads.

A Fivefold Difference in Memory Usage

That is a brutal comparison. The gap is not ten percent or twenty percent. It is a fivefold difference on a simple utility.

Paying Twice with Ads and Bloat

Apple's version runs lean. Microsoft's version burns memory and serves advertising at the same time. Users pay twice: in RAM and in attention.

Weather data is small. Fetching a forecast and rendering it should not be expensive. Yet the Windows app acts like the heaviest thing on your desktop.

Strip the Ads, Cut the Bloat

The takeaway is simple. Strip the ads, cut the bloat, match the baseline. Until then, Windows users get a heavier app and a worse experience.