It's just an annoying thing about the web today. Popups galore so the code of the site might be in a tab or a new window. To me this is just annoying and not a sign of a browser issue.
I am browsing in Windows Edge and select a new tab when anytime after that at random it becomes a new Browser window versus a new tab.
How is this happening.? It can happen right away or when I select the tab or when I click in the new tab space?

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