I wish Chrome would disable it too. Middle click is typically used for "Open in a new tab", people barely remember that it simultaneously pastes your clipboard

I wish Chrome would disable it too. Middle click is typically used for "Open in a new tab", people barely remember that it simultaneously pastes your clipboard (e. g. see https://evercoder.github.io/clipboard-inspector/ https://evercoder.github.io/clipboard-inspector/) without "clipboard read" consent dialogue, which quacks like a security vulnerability.