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[–] villainy@lemmy.world 11 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

When did PC Gamer start hijacking the back button to show more ads? Infuriating.

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 11 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

I just open things in new tabs with the mouse wheel click, then press ctrl-w to close the tab.

I don't play their games

[–] villainy@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Yep good call. I'm usually on my phone where tapping the link and swiping to go back is the natural behavior. I can scroll up and close the browser instead but habits are hard to break.

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