Exactly this, I don't want to know the length for the same reasons, It feels like a big spoiler and robs the game of its surprise and scope. I really wish it was a collapsible option that is closed by default, and you can just click on "How long to beat?" and it displays the current stats. It's a bummer that it's shown so high up that its nigh impossible to avoid it as well. It's good for those that need it, that don't want to accidentally buy a 100 hour, but it shouldn't be forced on people who like the surprise of buying a game and not knowing much about it.
It's the same way I don't watch movie trailers, I just read the description, maybe check who's in it and then go watch it.

I really really hope GOG adds it as toggable feature or lets us hide on some account setting. Thankfully, I can use plugins to block out the elements on my browser, but I don't know if all customers are that tech savvy.

You know, before digital games appeared games didn't tell you how long they were. You found out how long they were by playing them. Why all this handholding, it's pathetic. Where's the sense of adventure of the unknown?

People need to stop asking how long games will take to finish. It's not a race.

I swear some of you can't do anything without being told what to do.

I agree. I never took their written times into serious consideration, since I was always about 30-40% over the time that was mentioned as "Completionist" and I stopped even looking at their numbers entirely when I had seen that someone inserted "1 minute", as his/her time of completing Skyrim, and they normaly included it in their measurements!!! (I don't know if the latter has been deleted now)

In my opinion, for people who have other important obligations (work, children, etc.), mentioning if a game features manual saving or autosaving, and, in case of the latter, mentioning what's the regular time between the checkpoints, is much more relevant. This way you are going to finish it at some point, without being in danger of missing your real life obligations.

Jebus Crust, it's just a bit of basic information (and it's only an approximation at that) on the product you're buying. You can see how long a book is, you know the run time of a movie you're going to see, how is this any different? It's in no way, shape or form an instruction or a hint on how to play the game. "In my day we didn't know what we're buying and had to fight feral wolves on our way to the store!" I'm usually the old man yelling at clouds around here, and even I'll tell you to take this Four Yorkshiremen style nonsense and shove it up you nose.

That being said, in case knowing this really bothers some people, hiding it behind some "show approximate playtime" button could be a good idea.

Yeah, I can see both sides here and I think a spoiler tag for playtime might be a good solution.