Despite the fact that I rip everything to hard drive as soon as I get it, I still prefer buying physical CDs to downloads.
CDs have artwork, notes, texts, translations, etc (of course, LPs were generally even better in this regard). You can read all this from your listening chair without using a computer. They are their own backup media. I've never lost a CD in a hard drive crash, or had a CD with corrupt or inadequate metadata. I have lost CDs under the couch, but I know exactly what they are when I find them again.
CDs have artwork, notes, texts, translations, etc (of course, LPs were generally even better in this regard). You can read all this from your listening chair without using a computer. They are their own backup media. I've never lost a CD in a hard drive crash, or had a CD with corrupt or inadequate metadata. I have lost CDs under the couch, but I know exactly what they are when I find them again.