I just don't understand vinyl
Sounds less good than lossless streaming, costs a ton to buy all the albums you want , much less practical.
With streaming you have all the albums ever released in the palm of your hand for not much money.
But I guess it's like the Rolex vs Casio G-shock kind of thing.
Not difficult to understand at all.
Streaming, CD's, saved digital content on a music server - all perfectly good sources of music. Streaming is great for the sheer variety except for the case where the site is not available for whatever reason. Bad recordings are still bad recordings regardless of format - including vinyl.
Now vinyl has a look and feel missing from other formats. You select an album, admire the artwork, pull it out of its sleeve, and place it on the turntable. Then you queue up the first track and listen to an entire album side before flipping. Listening to the whole side encourages picking better recordings and music. Who wants a "one" good song release album? Thats what 45's are for. Every 20 minutes you have to move your ass off the couch to attend to things. Slight exercise advantage to vinyl. The process is fun and if you get tired of the process you can always take a digital vacation. Now the other part is with vinyl playback is the equipment makes an audible difference. Setup of said equipment also makes an audible difference. If you like to tinker with things that make a difference then vinyl setup is rewarding. Once you set it up, other than fine tuning VTA for different thickness Albums, you are all set. Until you get the itch to try a different cartridge or tonearm. Then you get to tinker again. A good recording on undamaged vinyl played back through a good quality turntable is quite sufficient in terms of sound quality and enjoyment. As an added bonus the phono preamp makes a difference as well.
If you are the kind of person that has the dealer do all the work on your car you may not enjoy vinyl. If you like changing your oil, adjusting valves, etc then perhaps vinyl will be appealing from the process standpoint.