This really sucks. I hate Google Chrome for this, and move to Opera because of it. Now Opera has the same problem too.
What even enrages me more is, OperaGX, the for-gamers version of Opera, doesnt has this problem. I used OperaGx for a few months then quitted, because I'm no longer interested in gaming. And now I come back to this problem.
OperaGX: no auto-refresh, but only in dark theme and for gamers.
Opera: light theme, but freaking annoying with auto-refresh