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CleanYourTV in the press

Every article about CleanYourTV (called tv-vibehack until 19 October 2026) that we could open and check: 85 articles, 56 of them from outlets in 23 countries, 5 from Spanish-language sites in Latin America and 24 from newsletters, blogs and AI news sites. Headlines are in the language they were published in. Syndicated copies and auto-generated listings are left out.

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United States 11 · United Kingdom 2 · India 2 · Denmark 1 · Japan 2 · Bangladesh 1 · United Arab Emirates 1 · France 3 · Germany 3 · Spain 2 · Italy 2 · Norway 1 · Portugal 1 · Czechia 1 · Ukraine 1 · Greece 1 · Egypt 1 · Brazil 3 · Latin America (Spanish-language) 5 · China 7 · Taiwan 1 · Indonesia 6 · Thailand 1 · Vietnam 2 · Online (newsletters, blogs, AI news) 24

United States

Outlet Article Date
TechCrunch People are using AI to make their smart TVs dumb again 19 Oct
Mashable Smart TV owners have found a new use for AI: Removing home-screen clutter 19 Oct
Android Authority Fed up with ads and bloatware on your smart TV? People are vibecoding ways to remove them 20 Oct
XDA People are now vibe-coding their smart TVs to strip them of ads and unwanted features 19 Oct
Phandroid Smart TV Owners Are Using AI to Strip the Ads Off Their Sets 20 Oct
Techaeris Android TV Debloat Gets a Free tvOS-Style Makeover 18 Oct
Tom's Guide People are using AI to turn their smart TVs into dumb TVs — and you might want to do the same 20 Oct
Decrypt People Are Vibe Coding the Ads Out of Their Smart TVs: Here's How 20 Oct
Gadget Review (on Yahoo Tech) Developers Are Using AI to Strip Ads and Tracking From Smart TVs 19 Oct
HighTechDad Tech Brief: People Are Using AI Coding Agents to Strip Ads and Tracking Off Their Smart TVs 20 Oct
Yahoo Tech Sick of seeing ads and clutter on your smart TV? The internet says AI can fix that. 21 Oct

United Kingdom

Outlet Article Date
TechRadar ‘Your TV should do what you paid for’: People are so sick of ads, trackers and bloat in their smart TVs that they're using AI to vibe code them away 20 Oct
Tech Times Man Asks AI with a Simple Prompt 'Can You Hack This?' to Fix His TV: Now Everyone Wants to Copy Him 19 Oct

India

Outlet Article Date
It's FOSS People Are Using AI to Get Rid of Smart TV Ads and Make Their TVs Faster 19 Oct
TechPP How I Made My Android TV Faster and Ad-Free Using Claude Code 18 Oct

Denmark

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FlatpanelsHD People are using AI to clean up their Smart TV homescreens 20 Oct

Japan

Outlet Article Date
GIGAZINE Developers are trying to use AI to remove ads and tracking from smart TVs 20 Oct
生成AIキュレーター (note) 4年前のテレビをClaudeに任せた開発者、プロンプトの大半は「禁止事項」だった——8つのルールから読むエージェントの任せ方 20 Oct

Bangladesh

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The Daily Star Smart TV owners are using AI to get rid of ads: report 20 Oct

United Arab Emirates

Outlet Article Date
tbreak People are using AI agents to strip ads and tracking from their smart TVs 20 Oct

France

Outlet Article Date
Frandroid Fini la lenteur et les pubs : j’ai redonné une seconde jeunesse à ma Google TV en 10 minutes 18 Oct
Les Joies du Code Après l'imprimante et le Wi-Fi, des devs lâchent Claude Code sur leur télé pour virer les pubs 20 Oct
Xboxygen Sa TV Xiaomi affichait des pubs partout : il donne son modèle à Claude Code, qui refait toute l'interface 19 Oct

Germany

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WinFuture KIs machen Smart-TVs dumm, um Werbung und Tracking loszuwerden 20 Oct
Clauding.de dumbtv and cleanyourtv: People Are Stripping Their TVs With Claude Code 20 Oct
Bild Smart-TV: Warum Nutzer ihre Fernseher mit KI verändern 21 Oct

Spain

Outlet Article Date
Xataka La última sensación viral de la IA es eliminar anuncios y bloatware de las Smart TV: he "tontificado" mi Chromecast y es maravilloso 20 Oct
Xataka Hogar Las interfaces de las smart TV se han convertido en un tablón de anuncios, así que los usuarios están buscando cómo escapar de ellas 19 Oct

Italy

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la Repubblica Smart tv, l'IA usata per disattivare pubblicità e tracciamento 20 Oct
Macitynet La smart TV è lenta e piena di pubblicità? C’è chi usa l’AI per ripulirla 20 Oct

Norway

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ITavisen Vibe-kodet seg til bedre TV 19 Oct

Portugal

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Pplware Nem as Smart TV escaparam à febre do vibe coding 19 Oct

Czechia

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Insmart Android TV bez reklam s AI a Claude Code 19 Oct

Ukraine

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Mediasat Smart TV owners turn to Claude Code to remove ads 20 Oct

Greece

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Hacks.gr (on DEV) They're using artificial intelligence to remove ads from TVs 19 Oct

Egypt

Outlet Article Date
Mogaz Developers use AI to strip ads and tracking from smart TVs 19 Oct

Brazil

Outlet Article Date
Save State Dev usa Claude Code para tirar anúncios da TV dos pais 19 Oct
GD / Eurisko Usuários hackeiam Android TV e Google TV com ajuda do Claude Code 19 Oct
AJN1 Usuários recorrem à inteligência artificial para remoção de anúncios e modificações de interfaces de TVs 19 Oct

Latin America (Spanish-language)

Outlet Article Date
Qore Desarrolladores usan IA para quitar anuncios de smart TVs 20 Oct
DiarioBitcoin Usuarios usan IA para quitar anuncios y bloatware de sus televisores inteligentes 19 Oct
Ecosistema Startup dumbtv: el hack con IA que elimina los anuncios del TV 19 Oct
TecToc Usuarios están usando IA para quitar anuncios y «limpiar» sus Smart TV 19 Oct
Tecnobits Cómo hacer debloat a tu Smart TV con IA y CleanYourTV 21 Oct

China

Outlet Article Date
什么值得买 SMZDM 海外老哥用AI去了小米电视广告,新桌面像Apple TV,还开源了 19 Oct
夜雨聆风 海外老哥用AI去了小米电视广告,新桌面像Apple TV,还开源了 18 Oct
Weibo via Sina (壹小寒) 电视界面从杂乱到清爽,原来不用 Root 也能给电视“减肥” 20 Oct
我是菜鸟 imcn.me 用AI给智能电视"瘦身":一键清除广告,老电视秒变流畅 20 Oct
AI工具集 ai-bot.cn CleanYourTV – 开源的电视广告去除工具,垃圾软件全清空 20 Oct
OCTOHZ CleanYourTV - 安卓电视去广告神器 –
AI产品库 AIProductHub CleanYourTV - 开源电视去广告启动器,一键替换桌面 20 Oct

Taiwan

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媒角抵加News (yam.com) 開發者用AI清理智慧電視,公開去廣告工具與復原限制 20 Oct

Indonesia

Outlet Article Date
detikINET Kesal TV Xiaomi Banyak Iklan, Pria Ini Sulap Jadi Apple TV Pakai AI 19 Oct
Gizmo by Qoo10 Gathin Ubah TV Xiaomi Penuh Iklan Jadi Mirip Apple TV dengan AI –
Mediakompeten Developer Gunakan AI untuk Hilangkan Iklan di Smart TV Xiaomi 19 Oct
BSI News Developer Ubah Antarmuka TV Xiaomi dengan Bantuan AI 19 Oct
Suara Independent News Developer Ubah Smart TV Xiaomi Jadi Mirip Apple TV dengan AI 19 Oct
Twasl News Developer Ubah Smart TV Xiaomi Bebas Iklan dengan Bantuan AI 19 Oct

Thailand

Outlet Article Date
iPhoneMod Clean Your TV ชุบชีวิต Android TV สไตล์ Apple TV ลื่นตาไร้โฆษณา 19 Oct

Vietnam

Outlet Article Date
VnExpress Dùng AI 'độ' giao diện smart TV 20 Oct
Znews (Tri Thức) Dùng Claude để 'giải cứu' TV cũ 22 Oct

Online (newsletters, blogs, AI news)

Outlet Article Date
Artificially Intimidating (AI Brief) Claude Code Is Evicting the Ads From Your TV 20 Oct
AI Weekly Developers use Claude Code to make smart TVs dumb again 20 Oct
AI Weekly Devs use Claude Code, DeepSeek to strip ads from smart TVs 19 Oct
AI Daily Android TV owners use Claude Code to strip ads and tracking 20 Oct
daily.dev Smart TVs got so bad people hired Claude to fix them 20 Oct
DEV Community (David Díaz) cleanyourtv Debloats Android TV and Replaces Its Home Screen 19 Oct
SaaSCity How to Debloat Android TV and Google TV with Claude Code: The Clean Your TV (tv-vibehack) Guide 19 Oct
explainx.ai tv-vibehack: Debloat Your Android TV With Claude Code and ADB 19 Oct
Umang Chauhan (Substack) I removed every ad from my TV with AI. Here's how. 18 Oct
Robert Creative How to Debloat a Smart TV With Claude Code 19 Oct
Silicon Report Developers share AI solutions to strip ads from smart TVs 20 Oct
Time News Smart TV Owners Use AI Tools To Remove Bloatware and Ads 20 Oct
Newsy Today AI Agents Remove Smart TV Bloatware and Ads 20 Oct
LAVX News AI tools help users strip ads and bloat from smart TVs 19 Oct
AI Parabellum People Are Using Claude Code to Strip Ads From Their Smart TVs 19 Oct
Progressive Robot People Are Using AI to Make Their Smart TVs Dumb Again 19 Oct
Zetik AI Agents Strip 25 Apps From Smart TVs as Users Fight Ads and Tracking 19 Oct
Nyongesa Sande People Are Using AI to Remove Smart TV Clutter and Take Back Their Home Screens 19 Oct
MiscW Clean Your TV: The GitHub Project Using Claude Code to Strip Smart TV Ads 20 Oct
MiscW What Is cleanyourtv? The AI Tool Stripping Ads From Smart TVs 20 Oct
AwesomeFOSS (YouTube) CleanYourTV: 6,000 Stars in 3 Days to Kill Smart TV Ads 20 Oct
vc.ru (Aleksandr Biryukov) CleanYourTV — AI DIY проект, который убирает рекламу и стилизует вашу TV OS 20 Oct
Prism Labs (YouTube) CleanYourTV Strips Ads From 54 Smart TVs Free 19 Oct
What People Made Vibe coded a new launcher for parents' Xiaomi TV, removing ads and bloat –

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