Many of the things that haven't been automated are unsolved challenges. I'm sure restaurants would love it if you could fully automate their cleaning, answering the phone, or fixing the broken milkshake machine, but we only have partial solutions to those sorts of activities.
Which means that if consumers do get pushed to alternatives, it might be getting a frozen pizza instead of a restaurant pizza.
It’s not just about things that aren’t automated yet. There’s also the stuff that is automated in some places, but not automated everywhere yet. Companies who are dragging their feet on modernizing.
Which means that if consumers do get pushed to alternatives, it might be getting a frozen pizza instead of a restaurant pizza.