Scalability issue can be fixed through hardfork but the majority of people don't know about what was the purpose of hardfork itself. They know if the hardfork is the only way to generate new coin and released the new network and that's wrong. People are so blind to make a comparison between ether and ripple. They only care about the scalability comparison between both of platform. Ethereum tried to build new blockchain based smartcontract.
We know that smartcontract can be used in so many ways. Even ripple interested in creating its own smartcontract in the future.
Agree. However, most people are afraid of hardforks as they think that it does more harm than good. Sometimes, hard forks are necessary to help improve a cryptocurrency, such as implementing scalability solutions for better transaction capacity. As such, Ethereum could hardfork anytime soon as it upgrades to a better, scalable version of itself called Casper PoS. Whereas Ethereum has brought us smart contracts, Ripple has brought us a greater way to transact with inexpensive fees and fast settlements. In addition, Ripple is backed by banks which could help it become huge in the future.
While they're both considered "cryptocurrencies", they're different from one another in the way they're used. It would be very surprising to see Ripple implement smart contracts into its platform. That'll be a huge boost for it in the long term. Just my opinion
Both of them I think same as a cryptocurrency the difference between them are ETH is a decentralized cryptocurrency ( more act like a gass for a token) & ripple is centralized ( act for a payment) IMO. Yes we cant compare them, but since it is same function as a alternative currencies, why not?
In terms of alternative cryptocurrencies, they're the same. But when it comes to usability and technicalities, they're completely different from one another. There is a huge gap between them, especially since one of them is decentralized and the other is centralized. In my opinion, centralization within Ripple would be a huge flaw in the long run. Unless, it turns out into a decentralized cryptocurrency, then it would be subject to manipulation from governments and banks alike.