I might be a weirdo but I drag links all the time as it's how I open links as background tabs even though there is a right-click context menu entry for it
Unless the site is _really_ messing with events, holding alt on PC (Windows/Linux/ect) or Option on macOS lets you select text in links without triggering the link to navigate.
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