This really isn’t true anymore with smart TVs. They take samplings of everything you’re watching all the time and send it back to the mothership. And I guarantee you that Sinclair and other stations buy that information from, say Samsung for example.
Or dvr the programming, use software to automatically cut out the ads, then watch it a bit after it airs. It’s not like watching it live impacts the outcome…
Unless you’re a Neilsen household (or buying the advertised products), you watching OTA programming doesn’t really benefit Sinclair.
I’d say give yourself grace and watch what you want.
This really isn’t true anymore with smart TVs. They take samplings of everything you’re watching all the time and send it back to the mothership. And I guarantee you that Sinclair and other stations buy that information from, say Samsung for example.
Or dvr the programming, use software to automatically cut out the ads, then watch it a bit after it airs. It’s not like watching it live impacts the outcome…