Vinyl sounds better (shots fired)

Plastic CDs definitely do lose information over time.  Streaming is probably closer to lasting "forever", but do the digital tapes that are the source of streamed music not also lose information over time? I don't know the answer. I do know that a properly stored (controlled temperature and humidity) and well cared for LP does last virtually forever.

On Friday, while moving a piece of furniture that a younger me would have had no trouble with, I tweaked my old back worse than I ever have beforehand. This meant I spent the majority of the weekend flat on my back, with the fewest interruptions possible.  After listening to a couple of hours of music via streaming with absolutely zero emotional impact, I shakily got to my feet and started playing vinyl. THERE was the impact I was searching for!  I have long wanted streaming (or CDs for that matter) to give me the same satisfaction my relatively meager analog front end does, but it took this little scenario to make me realize I was willing to endure literal pain in my search for emotional connection to music. I spent the rest of the weekend in a state of (approx) 20 minutes at a time euphoria. Luckily my wife was quite the trooper and was willing to be my personal D.J. when she got home. She's a pip!

well cared for LP does last virtually forever

but you haven't had them forever, haven't lived forever, so I am not convinced 

I doubt any analog fans hang around streaming forums to tell them they are misguided, and so I wonder why they must come and rain on our parade?

@dogberry, hear hear! The old idiom "if you can't say something nice..." has morphed into "if you can't say something mean...".