The demise of the music CD inevitable?

The CD longevity is very finite compared to vinyl.
Vinyl kept proper will play forever CD will go bad in 20...25 years

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

OP,
You came to this site to investigate about CDs. Do your friends come to this site? You probably have a dedicated system. Do your friends have a dedicated system for music? Point is - how do you care if none of your friends purchased CDs. The CD market is getting smaller, but still exists. I buy CDs from time to time. I love my new Bluetooth receiver, but as gdhal said, playing a CD on a dedicated player provides a much better experience listening to music.

I’d like to hear from any members from the UK. My friends in England are still buying and listening to CDs, and now vinyl is huge. It seems both formats are more popular than downloads among the typical consumer.
Amazon UK has a much larger selection of new CD’s for sale than the US.

I have upwards of 4,000 CDs. While I do believe it can offer the best quality playback (yes, 16bit PCM, no practical audible difference with 24bit or DSD) given a high end player, there is definitely a problem that gets little attention in forums and elsewhere on the Internet.

Pinholes.

I do not believe CD longevity is as great as it is typically purported to be. The material(s) itself wears out and often renders portions of the disk inaudible as the reflective layer "evaporates" and the laser is unable to read the data. Virtually no storage and/or handling modification can prevent this.

Back to the format itself, when "critical" listening is required/desired I believe CD playback on a dedicated player is superior and more reliable than streaming or playing digital files via computer software.

Happy to debate the issue as I’m sure my comments will draw the ire of some.