‘Your TV should do what you paid for’: People are vibe-coding apps to banish ads from their smart TVs and…
- Developers are stripping ads and tracking from smart TVs
- They’re using AI vibe coding to quickly spin up solutions
- Customers are growing increasingly frustrated with TV streaming bloat
If you’re sick of your smart TV being plastered with sponsored ads, slowed down with bloat, and infested with trackers, you’re not alone. But instead of putting up with the countless intrusions, some people are stripping the unwanted cruft from their TVs altogether — thanks to a little AI vibe coding.
As reported by TechCrunch, a number of developers have offered solutions in recent weeks. That includes one called dumbtv, which sets out its mission statement on its GitHub page: “Your TV should do what you paid for: your apps, your HDMI inputs, and nothing else. No ads from the TV itself, no watch tracking, no update you did not ask for.” To that end, dumbtv removes...
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