Developers Are Using AI to Strip Ads and Tracking from Smart TVs
thunderbong
16 points
11 comments
October 20, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (3 comments)
toomuchtodo
Related: ‘Reverse-Engineer Anything’ Is the New Wild West of AI - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50167587 - October 2026
weare138
Stop buying smart TVs. Companies will stop making them if consumers stop buying them and creating a market for them. Look for commercial digital signage displays. You can find dumb TVs with nice screens or ones that just run a stock Android.
ChrisArchitect
Related: An ad-free Android TV https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50158942