Windows 11's built-in Weather app wastes more than 1 GB of RAM

Windows 11's built-in Weather app consumes over 1 GB of RAM—roughly five times more than Apple's native Weather app—despite performing a simple task, because it's built on Microsoft's WebView2 framework rather than as a fully native application. On systems with 8 GB of RAM, this means the Weather app alone can occupy nearly 20% of available memory, potentially causing slowdowns and increased reliance on the page file. The high memory usage contradicts Microsoft's stated efforts to improve Windows 11's efficiency on lower-end hardware, and the app also includes advertising within its interface.