We are in a similar situation, in that we rarely use out Recast DVR, except to allow it to record shows to inform us that a new episode has aired. We do this mostly because the network affiliates out of Reno are very sloppy with their commercial breaks, coming in to the beginning of a show late, cutting away in the middle of a show, etc. mostly to run more local ads, news promos, and PSA’s. The ABC affiliate is the worst (they are also The CW on a substation), often having issues with their translators that cause them to go off the air, sometimes for days while they wait for parts and/or an engineer to come out to fix the issue (they let their engineering team go a few years back to cut costs).Several years later no regrets. I find that we rarely use our Amazon DVR. We watch news, NFL and Jeopardy live via antenna when we watch them. All other "network" TV we stream commercial free via Hulu.
Since we have Paramount+ with no ads, we always watch our CBS shows there so we don’t have to skip through commercials. We watch ABC on Hulu, NBC on Peacock, and The CW on The CW app, all with ads unfortunately, and lately their ads are becoming repetitive again, mostly for more new drug therapies that I am not interested in even if they were affordable.
It is also preparing us for the inevitable day when Amazon stops providing programming data for their now discontinued Recast DVR.