I’m not so sure. Early 90’s I bought a home on 18 acres in Southern New Hampshire. We were newly married with not a whole lot of money, the home was a fixer upper.Those presidents will be long gone before "linear TV". Guess they feel they have to look out for the immediate future however short sighted it may be.
On the roof was a rotating antenna - one direction got Hartford stations, another Boston, Manchester, Lebanon. Sometimes came in better than other times.
The house was about 600 feet from the road. I checked into cable. Beyond some distance they’d charge me by the foot to run it to the house. Would’ve cost us around $1000 just to install. No thank you.
Someone at work posted a C-band satellite dish for sale. C-band had a service to subscribe a la carte. Only get the stations you want. Additionally there were always free feeds you can tap into. I can’t count how many UCONN games I saw with no commercials. I even used to get a free Newfoundland station. It was the least expensive yet ideal tv viewing I ever had. A la carte by network and show.
Obviously that technology is gone now but if someone could bring that service to viewers they’d make a fortune. So that’s why I’m sure it will eventually happen.