I would encourage you to consider the real experience[1] of your users instead of just a Lighthouse score. Lighthouse is just one tool to understand performance

I would encourage you to consider the real experience[1] of your users instead of just a Lighthouse score. Lighthouse is just one tool to understand performance, but prefetching links often leads to a better user experience. If the end performance is still exceptional as tracked by your Core Web Vitals[2], then it won't affect SEO. [1]: https://vercel.com/analytics https://vercel.com/analytics [2]: https://vercel.com/blog/core-web-vitals https://vercel.com/blog/core-web-vitals