Cd's to make a come back in the future?

I think the CD _has_ left us.  Except for audiophiles, when was the last time you saw someone use a CD?  Maybe someone driving a car that was 10 or more years old?

I'm 42; when I fell for the audio hobby eight year ago, I dove into digital since 100% of my music collection was CDs.  (Much respect to my vinyl brethren.)  I've since ripped them all to flac on a hard drive.  But streaming from Qobuz and Tidal sounds _better_ than the local flacs.

So I only stream, but I keep the hard drive, and its backups -- okay, and a few hundred CD in the attic -- in case of wartime.

I'd love to see the public realize that CDs sound better than mp3 streams, but those interested in physical media (for its very real virtues) are gonna spin records.

uber makes a great point in that they have never really left us. As far as them ever being really popular again, I think it depends on the advancements that are made with DAC sound quality. That said, there has been notable advancement in that area over the last 5 years or so, it could happen. On the other hand due to streaming, it probably has as much chance as disco or the hula hoop to ever being popular again. Who knows. 

CDs need to fade away before they can stage a comeback.
They are nowhere near the “ extinction “ level that vinyl was at.
I do not see them ever reaching the same state that vinyl did or  indeed ever reaching the same status as vinyl has.

If this can happen, why not a CD comeback?

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/23/cassette-tape-music-revival-retro-chic-rewind

My cd collection is probably only valuable musically to me. I mean how much could I get for 300 goth cd's or 200 opera's? 
I've been verbally threatened  from going weekend thrift store pilgrimage shopping..........
Only time will tell.......

Just be sure you have plenty of provisions. 😬

It is hard to make previsions,  especially  when it is about the future.
( A joke about economists )

cd in the car  ;  in today’s car , streaming is easy.

I am sure this has all been said before with vinyl.
However the big difference is I do not think there will ever be any nostalgia attached to CDs.

And not many are going to achieve the almost cult status of numerous vinyl audiophile recordings.


I do not think will make a comeback simply because they have not really disappeared to any extent as vinyl did.

Heck I still play a lot of CDs in the car.

I don't know.  The future is hard to predict.  There are so many of them around that you'd think that someone will think that it's cool to have physical media and an antique cd player to play them on. 

On the other hand, digital is progressing steadily and the sound quality of streamed music might be so good that no one would want to bother with cds.  I'm not sure I'll be around if they do make a comeback.