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Avoids misclicks from opening stuff by mistake just for that alone is worth it to me.
I meant misclicks like clicking by mistake, like you clicked the item while trying to click something else or simply clicking by mistake the physical button of the mouse... Maybe uncommon.... true but when it happens that a folder or full app opens is annoying.
Oh, NixOS can't open anything anyway