[paunchy]

Because Grab is a copy of Uber and it would not exist without Uber. It may be that Grab is an equal (or perhaps better) implementation right now. But the entire category of app-based ride-sharing was created by Uber.

[lazyasciiart]

That’s totally irrelevant to the argument that cities must have Uber to have good transit.

[smcin]

Ok, clearly GGP generically meant "app-hailed ridesharing" not specifically Uber. We know there are various incumbents in other countries.