Can I buy an iOS app on my Mac without downloading it to my Mac?

For a couple years now, I don't even bother syncing my iPhone or iPad with my Mac. Everything is done through iCloud and iTunes Match. The greatest benefit was no longer keeping several gigabytes of apps sitting on my hard drive doing nothing.
I still like to browse the App Store on my Mac via iTunes. I can buy an app from my Mac, and it will download to my iOS devices automatically, but it still downloads a redundant copy to my Mac's hard drive. I can either cancel the download or delete it when it completes, but this seems unneccesary. Is there any way to have iTunes basically work as a purchasing tool without actually downloading any of my purchases?

Well that's a bummer.

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