Ethereum and ripple are always stay in a second place because of kingmaker was stay in first place. In crypto platform we should not compare the Bitcoin because altcoins comes in Bitcoin seed. Now Compare to ETH vs XRP both are good to survive in long term. But most of the peoples are supporting to Ethereum platform because of ripple was supporting to banking process.
you are right, I think both the assets that look good for the long term. We don't need to compare them. ethereum and ripple has the market on their own, their community has been growing well. If you want to invest I think select both of these assets does not make problems.