Will Asia’s Grab Prove That Ridehailing Apps Can Be Global?
Photo Credit: The vision of global, interconnected ridehailing is sweet, and Asian player Grab wants to lead the way. Grab Singapore
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The vision of global, interconnected ridehailing is sweet, and Asian player Grab wants to lead the way. But there is good reason to be skeptical.
The idea of your everyday ridehailing app working anywhere in the world, earning you points as you would at home, is wonderful. Try downloading Uber from Asia, or Grab from the U.S., and chances are you wish it were already here.
Southeast Asia’s Grab wishes that too, hence its investment in tech startup Splyt — see the full article below. In theory, the vision of global, interconnected ridehailing is sweet. But there is good reason to be skeptical. For one there’s a safety and security issue. Who’d take responsibility if a booking that is made on a Grab ap