They did not get "out competed" in china, a country where competition has nothing to do with success. Likewise in Russia. Grab is the only company to out compete Uber so far.
Ola vs Uber in India is so similar in terms of experience that I literally open the first app that's on my screen.
There is no way to differentiate in this market. The only thing that would make me switch is a guarantee of a good driver, but that would just raise the costs absurdly.
There is actually -- both the companies have certain cities where they seem to have many more drivers than the other. Due to this, when I'm in Bangalore, I prefer Uber, but when in Calcutta, I prefer Ola.
Thats bs, you only need to google "china bikesharing competition" to know what it means to compete in China. Startups in China will resort to any means, legal and illegal to bring each other down. A lot of bikesharing companies went bust because people essentially competed to the point of reducing price to wipe out the other competitor.
Even if you succeed temporarily, your competitor will clone you and your technology. Its similar in USA but in China its multiplied by the population factor in a region the same area so its more intense.
The competition also permeates downwards and creates beasts like the 996.
On the contrary, China is the most competitive country in Internet industry and Uber was beaten badly by Didi.
Actually, the success of Didi,Grab,Ola etc. vs. Uber proves that in the complex e-business, as long as there is enough market space in the local area, and you can organize a good team, you can win in the competition with foreign companies. Just like Alibaba and JD beat Amazon, Meituan beat Goupon in China.
That's BS. Yandex is an incredibly strong player in Russia in the search space and Google is not outcompeting them either. It was the case way before Putin's political ambitions became relevant.
All in all, there are many reasons to blame Russia for it's government, but that's blatantly not one of them.
