Maybe, just maybe, Uber could become employee owned.
It would probably require Uber going through a bankruptcy and reforming as a company with a dramatically different structure. Uber going through a bankruptcy process is not a far fetched idea considering their financials.
I'm not sure being more friendly to drivers would get them anywhere.
Seems like they underestimated and going to crash (or they pivot and change the model to actually include human drivers as part of the business).
As much as I believe self-driving cars will be a thing, that kind of technology takes years to develop and is hard to predict when it will be ready.
Making a big bet that self-driving cars will work by a specific date is gambling.