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After reading the article on my phone and hitting the back button to get back here, I'm instead presented with a screen showing more content and pleading me to
by monkeybutton 5y ago
After reading the article on my phone and hitting the back button to get back here, I'm instead presented with a screen showing more content and pleading me to stay on the site (Keep on reading!). Talk about the kettle calling the pot black.
- throwawaysea 5y agoI was very confused by what was happening when I encountered that screen. Is there a way to block the overriding of back buttons, particularly on smartphones?
- dlvktrsh 5y agoI don't know the technicality of it but yes there definitely is
- monkeybutton 5y agoIts called back button hijacking. How it works or why such an abusable feature exists is a mystery to me though.
- contravariant 5y agoIt's probably there as a consequence of single page web apps needing the ability to store your location on the webpage. Maybe this could have been done in a way less prone to abuse, but basically you can't really trust your browser history to reflect what you think it is.
- perryizgr8 5y agoDoesn't seem to be happening for me. Egde/Galaxy S10