[Noumenon72]

The only problematic part of YouTube for me is YouTube shorts, which have an X button above them that hides them for a month.

If you want to break the habit of going somewhere through the address bar, edit your /etc/hosts file so that address points back to localhost.

    0.0.0.0 reddit.com    
    0.0.0.0 old.reddit.com 

I did this at work before I lost my sudo access and if I get a new computer I will file a help desk ticket to have them do it again.