If you scroll down below comments section URL changes to https://techcrunch.com/ then if you press <- button in browser it changes to previous: https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/08/microsoft-surface-go-2-rev...
If you do it 6 times you'll have to "go back" six times.
Maybe not back button hijacking, but outcome's the same, and it's pretty annoying I admit.