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status: accepted
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# Onboarding runs on the phone through the TV's own pairing server

Nobody should ever type on a TV. Instead of baking a server URL into the APK
(rejected: publishes private infrastructure in a public artifact) or on-TV
text entry (rejected: D-pad typing), first-run setup reuses the embedded
remote-control server: the TV shows one QR, the phone opens the TV-served web
app, and server URL plus IdP login (device-flow link opened directly on the
phone) happen there. Requires phone and TV on the same LAN — acceptable, since
the remote control has the same requirement by design.