Yes CDs will die. Reason being is that their contents can easily be transferred and the intact files still be listened to on a number of digital destinations and repositories, without changing format. It irritates some to say, but it is true that CDs only contain little burn marks representing 1s and 0s.Does any one think cd will really die? Vinyl didn’t after 70 years. Don’t artists like releasing cds s they got more money from it then the streaming companies?
It might remain uncool for a while yet but won’t it still live on decades yet?
Whereas there is only one vinyl.
Doubtless CDs will soldier on for a while, Until declining volumes close the last factory.
I still do buy a few CDs but rip them straight away and ditch them.
I’d rather buy a FLAC download, add it to my music library, and then be free to place it on any medium that suits my listening purpose. You can still burn a CD if you wanted.