Many new car models are produced without CD players.
Also, the concept of streaming and "on demand" music, especially for the under-27 generation, is an expectation, not a novelty.
That said, whether you stream Tidal or Deezer or Spotify or Quboz or whatever, you're simply renting the music. Once your subscription goes, so does your music. However, with generous data plans and ever-changing playlists and the paucity of album sales, I can't see the album-format ever really making a huge comeback, especially among cd's, and especially amongst a listening public whose appreciation of 320 kbs is just as real as ours is for lossless.
Also, the concept of streaming and "on demand" music, especially for the under-27 generation, is an expectation, not a novelty.
That said, whether you stream Tidal or Deezer or Spotify or Quboz or whatever, you're simply renting the music. Once your subscription goes, so does your music. However, with generous data plans and ever-changing playlists and the paucity of album sales, I can't see the album-format ever really making a huge comeback, especially among cd's, and especially amongst a listening public whose appreciation of 320 kbs is just as real as ours is for lossless.