We have been using Freesat for many years, our Panasonic TV has a satellite input so only investment needed was a dish and a bit of cable (£40 dish from Maplin fitted by me) - but if you want ability to record stuff will need a set-top box - quality is good in our area and it has never failed (unlike Virgin V6 box which screws up every time internet fails or modem gets its knickers in a twist and needs a reboot - which is too often). Sky claim that offering TV over internet is just an option to get out to more customers, and satellites don't just fall out of the sky, so I guess freesat will be around for a while. Freesat is definitely much better than terrestial signal in our area.
Some areas don't have good internet connections and speed is not enough to stream TV, so it depends where you live - as Freesat may not have any plans to go online it is probably worth a dish and a bit of cable + cheap Humax
box. Humax box seems to have pretty good menu, we often get them in our holiday cottages and learning curve is not too daunting.
https://www.broadbandchoices.co.uk/g...reesat-youview