GET is meant to get, not set. Since 1.0.
https://www.w3.org/Protocols/HTTP/1.0/spec.html#GET
> The GET method means retrieve whatever information (in the form of an entity) is identified by the Request-URI
https://www.w3.org/Protocols/HTTP/1.0/spec.html#GET
> The GET method means retrieve whatever information (in the form of an entity) is identified by the Request-URI
If I never intended for the GET to be GOT, then the browser is just as much at fault for such unintended consequences.
If you want a slower browsing experience feel free to disable prefetching in your browser, but this isn’t a hill worth dying on.