The extension &quot;The Great Suspender&quot; works wonders here; suspends tabs in the background when they&#x27;ve been idle, but you don&#x27;t lose your place. It has singlehandedly made Chrome usable again for me, while simultaneously enabling my 40+ tab habit. 90% of the time you don&#x27;t need the tab to be active, you just want it there so you can revisit later. (For me anyway.)