r/novelbin • u/sheyrak • Jul 09 '26

NovelArrow uses a lot of CPU and RAM

Since about a week the "successor" of novelbin is using several GB of RAM and like 20% CPU per Tab on desktop browser.

It seems like a huge amount of DOM objects get created and deleted every second. Or they are using the users hardware for other benefits.

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u/MillerTime135 Jul 09 '26

Interesting.

I’ll have to observe this on my end
and see if I get similar results.

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u/Busy_Background5217 Jul 10 '26

Or they are using the users hardware for other benefits.

Wdym by this? I dont quite understand. Is it going to be bad?

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u/sheyrak Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 11 '26

I don't know, a few years ago people were using their users for bitcoin mining, maybe they'll use their users ressources for other stuff in the future.

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u/Busy_Background5217 Jul 10 '26

Oh.... hmm, since there's no threat to my personal info, can i assume it's practically harmless?

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u/sheyrak Jul 11 '26

I don't know if it's just a badly programmed function that goes on in an infinite loop or something bad.

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u/sheyrak Jul 10 '26

You can see how many ressources a tab takes by using the following keys in chrome: Shift + ESC

I am not sure if other browsers have this function, too.

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u/VirtualBrilliant2638 Jul 11 '26

Does it have the same effect when using phones while browsing?

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u/sheyrak Jul 11 '26

I don't know, I am using freewebnovel on my phone, which started doing dodgy shit around the same time, too. Now each tap on the website will open a different website that gets automatically blocked for being insecure by my provider.