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This is called hijacking the back button and it's an extremely irritating practice.

• kevsim 5y ago
  Or they've made an SPA and are trying to make use of the history API and just have a bug. Don't assume bad intentions.
  • andai 5y ago
    That's literally what that means. Most of the time it isn't intentional though, at least in the sense of preventing the user from leaving.
    • robertlagrant 5y ago
      Hijacking is deliberate.