The bigger question is whether they can keep up with competitors in India and SE Asia or whether the Didi deal is precedent to Uber ceding the market to native

The bigger question is whether they can keep up with competitors in India and SE Asia or whether the Didi deal is precedent to Uber ceding the market to native competitors and ride sharing being carved up into geographical monopolies. I don't really look forward to an market as important as ride sharing turn into de facto monopolies everywhere in the world.