It's less about forgetfulness and more about convenience. The whole "setup an OTA antenna somewhere in/on your house/attic/roof, wire it up to your tuner, scan for channels, learn what direction to point the antenna for which stations, find a DVR that supports OTA", vs load an app, sign in and boom.

I'm a geek so, I'd LOVE to take this step. Unfortunately, I live in the part of the country that has too many mountains to make OTA reception an easy task. I personally live down between two ridges that make it so I'd have to have an antenna 150 feet in the air.

And, assuming you haven't personally experienced OTA post-digital transition in your house in the past (assuming you own a house) or have neighbors with an antenna, spend some money and a fair bit of effort to discover that reception is non-existent/bad.

I was SUPER into OTA and FTA satellite reception a little over 10 years ago. I was all over antennaweb and tvfool right before I moved out West. I went from a very flat Southeastern geography to mountains and ridges everywhere. But even then, that was a "in the know" thing. I'd hate to be one of those people who pours money into this just to discover bad reception.