Why in 2020 is this still a problem? I was just encountering this with a rogue ad on my phone since the new Firefox update rendered ublock origin unusable for the time being.
Ublock Origin is supported on latest mobile firefox. What are you saying?
News sites & their Ad linked sites tend to do this to keep you stuck in their maze
This isn't a bad thing.
It is a bad thing when done poorly. The AWS console is a pretty bad example of it.
It is absolutely a bad thing. I've been in the web dev space for 15+ years now, and I've never seen useful back button hijacking yet.
I've wondered about the potential for subscription search engine that partly works by seriously punishing things like hijacking the back button. Hijack the back button your website is now a tier 5 result with a phat warning.