So I've seen your comments and I get where you are coming from, IE you feel that if you are not going to sweep that many wards you get more value out of the additional wards the yellow trinket gives.
The thing is though 1 ward, especially at low elo, can make a world of difference specifically because people don't sweep/buy control wards like they should. The amount of games I saw swing in my teams favor because the enemy team didn't sweep a baron/dragon ward or because I did sweep what wards they placed and made them face check into certain death when I started my climb back in Silver 4 is pretty crazy.
Deny 1 ward and making the enemy teams mini-map go completely black can be very game breaking and it shouldn't be underestimated.
If you absolutely don't want to buy a red trinket at least buy the blue 1 as it gives you a long range ward to place in brush to avoid getting jumped, and that ward doesn't have a timer so it can last longer depending on where you place it and doesn't counter as part of your 3 ward limit.