[dschooh]

> Depending on what country I travel to, Ill be using a different app like Grab or Didi or a local taxi app that were all made possible by Uber's initial disruption.

Local Taxi hailing apps were first. Uber adopted this and their disruption of many local markets happened only after offering cheaper alternatives by burning money.

[cratermoon]

I worked on a short-lived idea for taxi hailing apps before the iPhone even existed. The target then was Palm Pilots and feature phones. Alas, before its time.