Is there a way to de-google a smart TV? (feddit.org)

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I have an older Sony TV which has (what I can only guess to be) Google's Android TV app installed on it. I'm sick of getting new recommendations from Amazon and Disney+ and all those services. Is there a way to strip it down bare bones and get everything I need from another app repo - kinda like with Graphene vs Android?

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I had a hisense TV and I once blocked all of the VIDAA domains in DNS and did a factory reset. The UI didn't pull in all the crap that it puts on the homescreen.

I should probably try it long-term and see if it's usable for everything else.

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