I play CDs all the time, in a way. It just so happens I rip and then I stream my CDs.
I was introduced to streaming three years ago and took up Roon about two years ago. I have no interest whatsoever in playing a CD physically if can help it. The nearest equivalent is my Ayre DX-5 DSD player and I find it a huge pain to look through my alphabetized collection to find the one or two that I have decided to play.
I have a large vinyl collection and I had my B&O Beogram 4004 turntable completely restored last year and yet I rarely play it because I find it a chore to go through the ritual so many seem to enjoy. . Streaming has spoiled me, there’s no doubt of that! I play my vinyl just enough to keep everything moving. And that is even though I enjoy listening to vinyl for a change. I wish a record cleaner wasn’t so darn expensive. I don’t have a Degritter or a Kirmuss and it pains me greatly to play a record that hasn’t been cleaned properly.
For those who like rituals, there is a ritual associated with streaming, but it’s 100% a comfortable armchair or sofa process. I interact with a Roon app and I enjoy the ritual of ripping my CDs and tweaking the metadata just the way I like it. I thoroughly enjoy the ritual of strolling through my albums either deliberately to find something in particular or just browsing, as you might in the old days in a Tower records store (and I do so miss Tower Records and their counterparts.). It’s so easy and so enjoyable to browse because the album art is presented so nicely and I often wind up playing something I wouldn’t otherwise have thought of. I enjoy everything about streaming. Try it! You might like it as much as I do.
One more thing to mention… I still buy a lot of CDs but I buy used 99% of the time because they only have to work just once to be ripped. That saves lots of money. I do typically look for used labeled excellent or very good just because I want a decent used copy in case I ever decide to liquidate.