Comment on Redirect to prevent back button
RedStrider@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I was just thinking about this.
Super annoying because it can actually be fixed by using History.replaceState() over History.pushState().
I guess the reason they do it is either to keep you stuck on their sucky site, or just incompetence.
el_abuelo@programming.dev 2 months ago
You’re right, but “incompetence” seems harsh. Maybe I’m just sensitive today.
SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Hanlon’s Razor: Don’t attribute to malice what can be sufficiently explained by stupidity.
Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I feel like when you’re talking corporations, hanlons razor needs to be reversed. Never attribute to stupidity what could be adequately explained by malice. We’ll call it Nolnahs razor.
SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Nolnah’s Razor…I like it, got a ring to it!
lud@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Corporations are run by stupid humans though.
orrk@lemmy.world 2 months ago
idk, it seems like with this being a company that generates revenue from “clicks” doing something that essentially makes a person refresh the page 20 times seems like a good decision to make
warbond@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Big Hanlon fan, but I don’t think stupidity is enough to explain why the site behaves that way.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
I’m not a fan of Hanlon’s Razor, because I feel like people believe it to be some kind of steadfast law of the universe when in reality it’s just a “rule of thumb.”
I feel like there are a whole lot of bad people that use that concept as cover to help them get away with the heinous shit they do. People who do not deserve the benefit of the doubt.