I just saw a coworker with something like 30 tabs open in Chrome. I also know someone who regularly hits the 500-tab limit on their phone, though I suspect that’s more about being messy than anything else.
When I’m researching something, I might have 10-50 tabs open for a while, but once I’m done, I close them all. If I need them again, browser history is there.
Why do people keep so many tabs open? Is there a workflow or habit I’m missing? Do they just never clean up, or is there a real benefit to tab hoarding? I’m genuinely curious. Why do people do that?


Wait, so it caches the page too? If the site goes offline, you have your personal copy anyway? That’s a bit like the internet archive, isn’t it?
Yes but only for the paid version which I don’t have so I can’t vouch. I’m cheap in that way
Oh, ok so it’s just links for us plebs. Either way, it’s nice to know the option is there.