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Firefox is opening too many processes in background, like 41 on start up ?

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Firefox is opening too many processes like 41. on start up! The processes are eating up my memory can I limit how many process on start up?

Firefox is opening too many processes like 41. on start up! The processes are eating up my memory can I limit how many process on start up?

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Firefox's Project Fission:

Introducing Firefox’s new Site Isolation Security Architecture https://hacks.mozilla.org/2021/05/introducing-firefox-new-site-isolation-security-architecture/

Firefox's Project Fission: better security and more processes https://www.ghacks.net/2019/02/07/firefoxs-project-fission-better-security-and-more-processes/

Enable Fission in Firefox https://www.ghacks.net/2020/09/20/you-can-try-firefoxs-site-isolation-feature-fission-in-nightly-now/

Change how many processes multi-process Firefox uses https://www.ghacks.net/2016/02/15/change-how-many-processes-multi-process-firefox-uses/

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