if such app is successful, CDG or TH will come out 10 of such
similar app to dilute the market share. Any chance to grow?
They got the "power" to do it.
Face it, we are in Singapore.
Skype, Youtube, Google, Facebook are all successful companies.
Their success came about because ang mo got different mindset. They
dont 'kow tou' to the establishment. There is no way for Singapore
to emulate the success of Skype, Youtube, Google or Facebook with
our existing culture.
In the same way, I really do not believe CDG or TH will be able
to come out with something similar to 'goCatch'. Actually it is not
a matter of can or not. It is a matter of them not willing to do
it. If they wanted to do it, it was done ages ago. So let us
observe local cabbies use goCatch. Give it a year or two, once we
reach a critical mass of regular goCatch cabbies, and passengers
find the service dependable, it will spread by word of mouth with
increasing speed. In the end, our local media may be forced to
publish it when it gains wide acceptance.
Even our government is using Facebook. Why Temasek Holdings or
other entities dont come out with their version of Singapore
'Facebook'? No way lar. These kind of social media stuff, the ang
mo are best at it. We just join in the fun. Thats all.
Singtel came out with many apps on Apple Store, but they are
mostly thrash. No standard one. Maybe 1 in 10 is useful.
