The following was copied/pasted from: http://thenextweb.com/opinion/2015/05/14/why-im-breaking-up-with-google-chrome/
Why I’m breaking up with Google Chrome
Most Chrome users can relate to this: you have a bunch of important tabs open, your laptop’s fans start to sound like a rocket taking off, your computer slows to a crawl, and finally it crashes, losing everything.
When Chrome debuted for the first time in 2008 it was the fastest browser on the block. It was light, nimble, extensible and easy to use compared to Firefox, which had become slow and cumbersome...
If you pop open your task manager right now, you’ll undoubtedly see a huge list of Chrome-related processes working away. Google Chrome Helper, one that supports browser plugins like Google Hangouts or Adobe Flash, is notorious for runaway resource usage.
The problems manifest in a lot of different ways – crashing tabs, high CPU usage, memory leaks, general instability, and system lockups.
