Up until recently if you accidentally touched (NOT click/press) the star rating while scrolling through Goodreads a modal would slide up covering 3/4th of the

Up until recently if you accidentally touched (NOT click/press) the star rating while scrolling through Goodreads a modal would slide up covering 3/4th of the screen asking ( more like holding at gunpoint) you to rate the book. I don't understand how can a PM/web developer actually be this hostile. They absolutely knew it was a dark pattern and now have gone back to normal.