Claude Code · Open Source · Claude · Apple · Android · Samsung · Decrypt
Gave Claude Code the model number, it spotted the TV on wifi
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Looks like an Apple TV now lol pic.twitter.com/E5Q4A1b0yI., Gathin (Ø,G) October 17, 2026.
Key facts
- Mihir Gupta replaced the 192 MB stock launcher, the app that draws your home screen, with a custom 83 MB one, while Ansub Khan said free memory on his parents' old Android TV rose about 90%
- One afternoon with Claude Code: 25 bloat apps disabled, the 192 MB stock launcher replaced with a custom 83 MB one, plus rotating wallpapers
- Regulators have chased this since at least 2017, when Vizio paid $2.2 million to settle charges that it collected viewing data from 11 million TVs without consent
- A rival project, dumbtv, targets the Amazon Fire TV and disables about 65 packages, including the ACR software, before installing a 41 KB launcher with no internet permission at all
Summary
A developer used Claude Code to disable 25 Xiaomi packages on his parents' TV, and his open-source cleanyourtv project now lists tested setups for 107 TV models from 37 brands. The tools use Android's built-in debugging bridge to switch apps off rather than delete them, so a restore script can undo every change. TV makers earn money from ads and viewing data, a practice Texas challenged in December 2025 lawsuits against Sony, Samsung, LG, Hisense and TCL. Smart TV owners are pointing AI agents at their living-room sets and ordering them to rip out the sponsored ads, the tracking software and the sluggish home screens that manufacturers ship by default. The trend exploded on X over the weekend, and it already has a name: vibe coding your TV.