Except that those two things are fantastic indicators for videos / channels you should be avoiding. Hiding their foolishness and then watching them anyway rewards their behavior.

LTT specifically AB tested the stupid thumbnail vs relevant + titles.

The idiotic clickbait images and titles WORK. People don't use them because they want to, they use them because they have to.

Thus -> DeArrow.

(Or follow the channels via an RSS feed and filter there)