This is exactly why I stopped reading articles in the browser unless I have to. I save stuff to a read later app and just get the text and images, none of the rest. Also consolidated my RSS and podcasts into the same place which cut down on the app juggling. The thing that actually got me through my backlog though was sending articles to my Kindle as epub over email, something about reading on e ink instead of a screen means I actually finish things. I use Articyl for all of this fwiw but the bigger point for me was removing all the distractions these sties clutter their page content with