[Fennhella]

I have no doubt about uber being around in 20 years, they're just too well established and understand where the industry is heading to become irrelevant.

Though what I do think will happen is an erosion of their lead where they go from the sole 800lb gorrilla in the west to being one of many with automakers coming into their own offering self driven taxi style service on what will probably be a subscription model (like how we have monthly payments for cars today).

[msabalau]

There was a time, less than 20 years ago, when people would have said the same thing about Nokia.

[bsbechtel]

>>Though what I do think will happen is an erosion of their lead where they go from the sole 800lb gorrilla in the west to being one of many with automakers coming into their own offering self driven taxi style service on what will probably be a subscription model (like how we have monthly payments for cars today).

Either this, or I could easily seeing aggregator apps, similar to the many that have popped up to manage multiple social media accounts, appearing to help drivers and riders manage both Uber and Lyft accounts.

[ipsi]

They already kinda are. Look at, say, Drive Now (https://uk.drive-now.com/) - they're owned by Sixt, and they operate Drive Now jointly with BMW (BMW cars being the only type you can have with DN). I imagine automakers have relationships with other "car-sharing" firms (e.g. Zip Car) as well.

You might already know that, but for everyone who doesn't live in a city where they're available... :)