If you cant handle even minor buffering its best you avoid
Your wife will not tolerate buffering during The Bachelor season finale.
you don't watch live tv very much
you don't feel like giving your payment details to sketchy black/grey market operators.
it's illegal in your jurisdiction
other forms of obtaining media (ie legit services like Netflix, or piracy) work better for you
You like YoutubeTV/Philo/Hulu. I like Philo. I have a Roku and there wasn't a nice IPTV player for it and I really didn't want to buy another streaming box.
You are wealthy and don't mind lining the pockets of the scumbag cable companies.
Because C-lines are 100% better and more stable.
You have groups of friends over to watch live events who won't understand if it isn't working.
You like paying for cable.