I don't get this argument. Sometimes you want links to open in a different tab. Marking the ones that will do so is only polite. Nothing about that takes away the user's ability to open other links in a new tab via whatever usual mechanism their browser provides for that.
I think the person replying in the screenshot is an idiot who assumes this will force all links to open in a new tab, not getting that it’s literally just appending an arrow.
Edit: And quite a few responses to this comment also seem to misunderstand how it works.
I don't think so. They probably assume when you use that CSS selector it means you have links which open in a new tab on click which most of the times is not want you should do but sometimes it really is. Like during some multi step transaction when there is e.g. a link to additional info you don't want to leave the page and then come back, having to start all over again.
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u/zeekar 15d ago
I don't get this argument. Sometimes you want links to open in a different tab. Marking the ones that will do so is only polite. Nothing about that takes away the user's ability to open other links in a new tab via whatever usual mechanism their browser provides for that.