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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



So what?

If I never intended for the GET to be GOT, then the browser is just as much at fault for such unintended consequences.


That’s the whole point of HTTP request methods: it isn’t. GET should never cause such side effects. The entire web is built with these principles in mind precisely so that problems like this don’t happen.

If you want a slower browsing experience feel free to disable prefetching in your browser, but this isn’t a hill worth dying on.




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