I feel exactly the same way as you, and I get flashbacks to every time someone talks about the new framework on the block that serves to fix a problem that 0.1% have, while making things worse for the other 99.9%.

Even though your first instinct might be to immediately pull away when people talk about SPAs, remember that this discussion is about how using a SPA feels vs a server-rendered app that refreshes on every user action. It's not a discussion about the technologies used to build it.

There are plenty of JS frameworks and some have a more ergonomic dev experience than others, but what is an undeniable fact is that most users prefer SPAs for highly interactive apps. There is a ton of research into user retention that proves this. Google aren't building SPAs because they like Angular.