The default front page material is, frankly, subjectively terrible (damn kids these days get off my law etc.) But a customized front page can be really addictive, though these days I find myself just going directly to the various subreddits I frequent (things like r/AskScience, r/AskHistorians, r/photography, r/rust, r/dwarffortress).
This is how I use it too, and I probably have a problem with it. I've set up timers so that I don't use it more than a few hours a day.
Basically I've maxed out the filter on /r/all (yes, it's actually called /r/all and there was a time when it wasn't...) And then I visit just the communities that I'm interested in. I am subscribed to some of them, but I don't use the home page at all.
