It started on October 17, 2026, when a developer shared a video of his parents’ Xiaomi TV playing a sponsored ad before Netflix, then gave Claude Code the TV’s model number. The AI tool disabled 25 Xiaomi packages and built a new launcher, removing the ads. Another creator tried a similar approach on an LG TV: after turning on Developer Mode and installing a custom home screen, the ads disappeared, leaving only apps, weather, and a drawing board. The verdict is fact — the projects behind these experiments are public, with CleanYourTV earning more than 37,000 GitHub stars and supporting 300 models, while free-my-tv covers Google TV, Android TV, LG webOS, and Samsung Tizen, and thousands of people have tried them. But this particular test covered LG only, Developer Mode is required — and on LG it expires after about 40 days unless extended — and a few tinkerers say they bricked their sets, so this is far from a one-tap fix.
Hook: Your TV’s ads can be deleted by AI. Someone just proved it on camera.
Context: The viral post plus the LG test.
Stakes: Developer Mode and a custom screen remove ads, but it is LG-only in this test and not one-tap.
Payoff: Verdict fact — the projects are public and thousands have tried them. Send this to someone whose TV is drowning in ads.
Links
- Instagram reel
- Inspiration reel
- Simple AI Explains on Instagram
- Buy Me a Coffee — Simple AI Explains
- Blockonomi: Smart TV owners use Claude Code to remove ads and tracking software
- Wccftech: CleanYourTV 3.0 lets you remove ads and bloatware from Android and Google TVs, now supports 300 models
- LockerGnome: Vibe-coding the ads off smart TVs
- GitHub: free-my-tv
- Medium: How to install free-my-tv, an ad-free home screen for Google TV, LG webOS, and Samsung
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