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Can't generate a 404 on paypal.com

2 points by zende ↗ HN
You can't generate a 404 on paypal.com: https://www.paypal.com/cant-generate-404 https://www.paypal.com/yc/hackernews

What's could their rational be for not following standard conventions?

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charleszink
Maybe the framework they built (or built their site on) automatically renders the homepage when a 404 error is encountered?
46Bit
Seems spot on, but rather puzzling. They may be huge, but I'd have thought they'd still avoid risking duplicate content penalties and just use a 30x redirect for it.