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Well wasn't there? Russia has multiple social networks, webmail providers, multiple search engines, multiple mapping services complete with traffic and navigation, multiple UBER-style mobile taxi services, etc, etc...

Most of those alive and kicking today, holding against megacorps' offerings.

You can say most of those are copycats of preexisting ideas, but face it, people have copycat needs that still need to be fulfilled. People don't fall for uniqueness alone.

What's technological innovation? Is maps.me one? Because it's a game changer isn't it?