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A TV hacked free of ads and bloatware, with a custom screensaver

Ryan Doyle sent Claude Code the listing for their TV and asked if it could hack it. It talked them through removing the ads, bloatware, spyware and laggy UI, then set up a screensaver showing revenue, calendar, weather and new Stripe payments.

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Claude Code

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16 October 2026

Ryan Doyle@doooyle

Hacked my TV with Claude Code today

No more ads, bloatware, spyware or laggy UI

I also got a beautiful screensaver with my revenue, calendar, weather, and notifications for new Stripe payments

It was super easy! I sent it the listing for my tv, asked "can you hack this?" And it talked me through how

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