dumbtv strips Fire TV ads and tracking with one command, no root needed
Signalman23 · x · 2026-10-24
- dumbtv.org went viral after Yacine MTB amplified it with a claim that your TV's microphone is phoning data overseas and your home is already compromised, echoing reports of Samsung TVs spying on users.
- The tool removes Fire TV ads, sponsored rows, autoplaying promos, ACR screen fingerprinting and watch-time tracking, and blocks update servers on the TV itself — apps stay, no root required, and one command reverts everything.
- Usage: just tell your coding agent "Clean up my Fire TV"; it asks a few questions (Prime Video? Alexa?), then removes 51 packages and sets up filtering in about ten minutes. Covered by TechCrunch and Tom's Guide, 1.4k GitHub stars.
Key points:
- Blocks: ads, ACR fingerprinting (com.amazon.tv.acr), hedwig watch-time events, surprise updates
- Keeps: Netflix, YouTube, Plex, HDMI inputs and your settings
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