Uber's exit from the region means that Grab is the largest ride-hailing company in the region, effectively giving them a monopoly. A company with a monopoly has great powers – more often than not, at the detriment of consumers.
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The closest example of a monopoly in the U.S. is the power that runs to people's homes. Most households have a single provider for their electricity service, whether it's government-run or run by a corporation. By contrast, an oligopoly has at least three companies present in the market.
Automobile manufacturing is an example of an oligopoly, with the leading auto manufacturers in the United States being Ford (F), GM, and Stellantis (the new iteration of Chrysler through mergers).
A monopoly occurs when a single company that produces a product or service controls the market with no close substitute. In an oligopoly, two or more companies control the market, none of which can keep the others from having significant influence.
By inventing the market for public cloud services, AWS enjoyed a significant first-mover advantage over competitors that ceded Amazon years to develop services, build infrastructure and woo customers. But Amazon is only part of an emerging oligopoly where customers will have real choice.
Oligopoly arises when a small number of large firms have all or most of the sales in an industry. Examples of oligopoly abound and include the auto industry, cable television, and commercial air travel.