alt Hacker NewsAlso www.reddit.com is/was doing the same back button hijacking. From google.com visiting a post, then clicking back and you would find yourself on Reddit general feed instead of back to Google.
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Bombthecat • today at 9:25 AM
News sites are doing it too. Displaying a full display ad when you try to leave
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cli • today at 7:18 AM
I do not see this behaviour on the latest version of Firefox. I do use old.reddit, however.
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ChocolateGod • today at 10:07 AM
I usually find the back button just doesn't work on new Reddit at all.
hobofan • today at 11:21 AM
IIRC Reddit is also doing the same thing on their mobile (Android) app.
I'm pretty sure what you're describing is this long-standing bug[1] I've experienced only when using Mobile Safari on Reddit - affecting both old.reddit.com and the (horrible) modern Reddit. It just doesn't happen in other browsers/engines except on iOS. It's especially annoying on an iPad when I tend to use back/forward instead of open-in-new-tab-then-close on iPhone.
[1] At least, I hope it's a bug.