But the situation you describe is not one of choice, but one of relative impossibility.
For people in that kind of situation, I wouldn't dream of criticizing their choice to prefer online retail shopping over virtually doing without.
In my early years as a gamer, I lived in Manhattan, KS. There were a few D&D and Traveller products available at the book store, but the supply of new material was exhausted within a month or so of shopping.
To find new material, I had to go to Lawrence, Topeka, Wichita or Kansas City- things I could only do once every month or two. Or four.
Thank goodness for the internet!