The latest clickbait style can be mitigated by custom instructions. I use: "Tell it like it is; don't sugar-coat responses. Use academic university level explanations unless instructed otherwise. Do not end with teaser offers or curiosity hooks. Give the full answer immediately. If related topics exist, show them as a brief bullet list. Use professional language and style."

Now I actually often like the related topics hooks, just not the clickbaity version from last few weeks.

If not for Codex performing so well for me from VS Code I'd happily migrate to Claude or Gemini.