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I use Firefox. It is indeed heavy on performance, current has 1.96 GB in use, spread over 25 tabs.
It seems to be doing the job anyway, only sometimes some ad can cause it to become unresponsive.

I removed Edge when MS added Web3 to Edge ( https://web3isgoinggreat.com/ ) which led to Windows Update breaking.

After banging my head on Windows Update failing at 96% and then undoing changes for 5 minutes, next to my laptop often not willing to wake up anymore, needing a hard reboot, triggering the failing update over and over, I have now also disabled Windows Update. My laptop works again, wakes up from sleep without issues and no more Updates failing. (as in no more updates downloading)

KB5030211 fails if you remove Edge.

2023-09 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5030211) (0x800f0922)

Error [0x018066] CSI 0000241e (F) Failed execution of queue item Installer: Edge Installer ({cf7e0697-ee30-4ed8-8bca-297eeb00c6e6}) with HRESULT HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND). Failure will not be ignored: A rollback will be initiated after all the operations in the installer queue are completed; installer is reliable[gle=0x80004005]

You have removed the Edge Browser from your System.
Reinstall the Edge Browser

My next laptop is going to be a MacBook.