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

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

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.

I think that was a rumour started by a vinyl lover reviewer article was called something like "CD Rot" in Stereophile one or two years after it was released.
I still have one of the first cd’s to come to Australia and it’s 33 years old now and still perfect, no see through pinhole if held up to a strong light either, just as perfect as the day I bought it, uncompressed Dire Straits "Love Over Gold" 1982 and it sounds very good, almost "Reference Recordings 24/96" quality.

Cheers George