No, there are plenty of ways to buy digital only media, where you store it on your own drives.

I have a NAS full of media that I own that I bought. None of it physical.

Or, you know, buy media you can store on your own devices.

Why are leftists supporting Putin?

There’s nothing “left” about him at all. He’s largely the reason for the oligarchy in Russia with the wealthy controlling everything through private enterprise.