[retrodaredevil]

That's simply not true. If you scratch a vinyl record, you've introduced a defect to it. If you scratch a CD, it's probably fine. Some CD players don't like scratched CDs, but for the most part CDs are very durable.

Plus if you damage a CD, simply rip it and burn it to a CDr. (did I mention that ripping a damaged CD usually works?)

You are right about vinyl sleeves being more attractive, though. I think that's its main selling point.

[bartread]

You can usually polish scratches out of CDs as well.

Where they’re actually much more vulnerable is on the printed side because the data layer sits just beneath that. Still more resilient than vinyl though, unless/until they get the dreaded rot.

They can also crack if dropped but that’s just as true of vinyl, if not moreso.