Devs Use Claude Code and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash to Strip Ads and Trackers From Smart TVs
Summary
TechCrunch reports developers are using Claude Code (Opus 5.5, Sonnet 5.5) and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash to remove sponsored ads, Automatic Content Recognition tracking and bloatware from Fire TV, Android TV and Google TV devices. GitHub projects dumbtv and cleanyourtv package the recipes; one developer gave Claude Code only a TV model number before it found the set on Wi-Fi, uninstalled 25 Xiaomi packages, and wrote a new launcher.
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