The demise of the music CD inevitable?

I I personally would rather have a tooth extracted without anesthesia than spend another minute of my life faffing around  high Res downloads.
streaming otoh, is a different story.  I am listening to a high Res download right now of a disc that own in SACD and the stream (24 bit) is winning hands down.
why bother with all the bs that goes with computer audio when it could at best only equal?  And depending on the service, streaming is so easy and probably requires less hardware.
  I predict high Res downloads will lose out to streaming (low Res will persist at some level).  CDs will persist because they sound great and are easy--plug and play, no advanced IT degree necessary just to hear some music

Had my 27 year old Nephew over and owns 0 CDs.  Streaming or a few iTunes downloads is all he listens.  My kids are a few years older than him, used to buy CDs, but now You Tube seems to satisfy them.  I do think CDs will ultimately become a niche product most likely to be bought by old farts like myself

Disc rot is nonsense.  My earliest CDs from the mid 80s all play just fine.  Vinyl rot--that's a different story.