Why "Open links in a new tab setting in UI" is not getting merged?

2014MU69@lemmy.world to Lemmy@lemmy.ml – 24 points –
Open links in a new tab setting in UI by Dogeek · Pull Request #1546 · LemmyNet/lemmy-ui
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What am I missing?

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Just press middle mouse button on the link?

That doesn't work for mobile users.

i.e. majority of the userbase.

Btw I am using this userscript so it's not a problem that affects me personally. However I believe the default Lemmy experience should be as user friendly as possible.