Genius.com Back Button Fix

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Genius.com Back Button Fix

Stops Genius from hijacking your back button when clicking lyrics.

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// ==UserScript==
// @name         Genius.com Back Button Fix
// @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version      1.0
// @description  Stops Genius from hijacking your back button when clicking lyrics.
// @author       qualia
// @match        *://genius.com/*
// @icon         https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=64&domain=genius.com
// @grant        none
// @license      MIT
// @run-at       document-start
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
    'use strict';

    const originalPushState = history.pushState;
    const originalReplaceState = history.replaceState;

    function getCleanUrl(urlStr) {
        if (!urlStr) return urlStr;
        try {
            const urlObj = new URL(urlStr, window.location.origin);
            if (urlObj.searchParams.has('referent_id') || urlObj.hash.includes('note-')) {
                urlObj.searchParams.delete('referent_id');
                urlObj.hash = '';
                return urlObj.pathname + urlObj.search + urlObj.hash;
            }
            return urlStr;
        } catch (e) {
            return urlStr;
        }
    }

    history.pushState = function(state, title, url) {
        const cleanUrl = getCleanUrl(url);
        return originalReplaceState.call(this, state, title, cleanUrl);
    };

    history.replaceState = function(state, title, url) {
        const cleanUrl = getCleanUrl(url);
        return originalReplaceState.call(this, state, title, cleanUrl);
    };
})();