Why Do ~You~ Still Play CDs?

I don't want any more bills (like for  a streaming service) to add to my budget in retirement., not that I couldn't afford  it.  I also find it greatly satisfying to have complete collections of an artists output on vinyl or CD. It's one of life's small pleasures. I love getting a new CD. I can,t wait to get the new Band-Maid CD from Japan once it comes down in price a bit.

I've never wanted to be in the computer or cell phone age. I found it disturbing enough to transition to CD's from records in the first place, after having skipped over 8-tracks , and cassettes tapes, but not reel to reel. First thing I did after retiring was to throw my cell phone over the fence into the woods, having never learned to send a text message.

I don't have a streamer and don't spend enough time listening (unfortunately) to justify buying one but still have lots of cds to listen to when I can. 

I don’t.  I have not had a working CD player for 6 years.  Another customer service nightmare when the laser burned out on my Linn Unidisk 1.1 without Linn supporting disc players any more and using a custom laser.  I find streaming equivalent or better than analog and CD/SACD.  I  do not get added enjoyment from, or need the tactile feel of physical media and consider it an inconvenience.  I do not need to own physical media and recognize streaming is a bargain from the customer’s perspective as business model where thousands of albums available at my fingertips for the monthly charge rather than buying physical content.  The only negative is it is a little more enjoyable to read a vinyl album cover rather thanmetadata on a screen, but reading metadata on a screen is more enjoyable than a CD insert.  

Not played CDs directly since 2007. Rarely even rip one these days.

 I stream and I still purchase CDs.  I agree with your reasons why.  Most of the new ones I buy are reissued box sets that have tracks I can’t get online like live shows that are unreleased.  I still have over a thousand CDs but I find I don’t play them as often due to the ease of use and sound quality with a good streaming system.  I listen to so much more new music streaming.  Interesting to explore new music. It’s good for this old dog to listen to new tracks.