Sometimes I feel frustrated the front page and trending are so dominated by manufactured Korean celebrity "news" not much else gets a look in, but then when I think about it some more I'm glad I don't have to see that sort of thing about the dramas and actors I care about.
So I'm agreeing with you. I'd also love to be able to opt-out of "news" and trending (I use custom lists a lot) altogether or for certain categories. Just a waste of bandwidth to send thumbnails for things I have zero to negative interest in.
You've written yours so positively and mine is grumpy. Everyone, go back and reread ivybis' please :)