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YouTube-TV-NoAds

Ad-filter patches for YouTube Android TV. Tested on Sony Bravia X90H.

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GITHUB · launched Oct 25, 2026 · 13 upvotes (top 83%) · 0 views

Niche: content and website blockers · 80 launches, 8 in the last 7 days ▲ +60% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags
  • Media & entertainment
  • B2C
  • Not AI
  • Hobby / open-source project

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Could you build this?

Partial The UI and packaging are easy, but the core is ad-blocking patches for YouTube's closed Android TV app, which requires reverse engineering and breaks whenever YouTube updates.

What it would actually take: Building this means decompiling the YouTube TV APK, locating the ad-related code paths or network responses, and writing patches (Smali or Xposed-style hooks, or a proxy/interception layer) that are shipped as an installable build. Ongoing maintenance needs reverse engineering skill and a test device such as the Sony Bravia to track YouTube's frequent changes.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 299 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #279 of 300 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 260 days after the earliest competitor.

  • bsfreetv · github · 2026-10-18 · 27 upvotes · similarity 0.56
  • Skipii · github · 2026-10-12 · 67 upvotes · similarity 0.54
  • cleanyourtv · github · 2026-10-17 · 17590 upvotes · similarity 0.52
  • android-tv-debloat · github · 2026-10-27 · 10 upvotes · similarity 0.51
  • HongguoTV-Phone-TV-NoAds · github · 2026-10-10 · 28 upvotes · similarity 0.50
  • cleantv · github · 2026-10-24 · 22 upvotes · similarity 0.50
  • Claude-TV · github · 2026-10-18 · 66 upvotes · similarity 0.49
  • android-tv-ps4 · github · 2026-10-23 · 86 upvotes · similarity 0.48

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