It is easy to get a link to open in a new page or tab, but it is hard to stop it if the link is configured to force that.

I DESPISE sites that assume all links should open in a new page, and I use a special program to control that. (Proxomitron...with a special filter that overrides 'target=blank')

If *I* want a new page or tab (and I sometimes do), *I* can right click on the link and tell it so.