Yes. The vast majority of people do not know how to open a link in different ways. They just click the link. Unless you are making something very techy like git

Yes. The vast majority of people do not know how to open a link in different ways. They just click the link. Unless you are making something very techy like github, design for the user that simply clicks on links. Of course, most users expect normal links to open in the current page, so don't just throw target=_blank everywhere.