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As long as the CD player is still widely used, there will be a use for CDs, I think many people would not bother putting all their downloaded tracks to CD. Flash memory players are pretty cool as long as they don't rely on compressed data formats to the detriment of sound quality. I suppose in the near future the next hi-resolution audio format CDs will probably exceed realtime internet streaming sound quality, but that could be eclipsed at a certain point with the bandwidth, then everything will likely be surround sound, etc. who knows. .
Also the flow of a full album is a nice thing to have, but I suppose all the artist has to do is present the tracks together in a certain order, then the listener has to figure out how to work their media player correctly. The delicate nature of the CD optics and the wastefulness of all that discarded plastic won't be missed too much I suppose.
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