I get you, if I had a channel like that and I was the example to block I think I'd be miffed. In this case I've already decided I don't want to watch that chan

I get you, if I had a channel like that and I was the example to block I think I'd be miffed. In this case I've already decided I don't want to watch that channel and seeing the thumbnails irks me. Lots of channels I like play the creator-meta game and put red arrows and clickbaity stuff up front but still produce quality content and I respect that decision. I don't think anyone intends to block that channel by default, but it's nice to be able to do so deliberately. I'd be willing to bet that Ritchie is doing well enough that his channel wouldn't be seriously harmed by an example like this, but even so you could say it's careless by the documentation author.