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Re:Beleaguered Didi Is Said to Lose $585M in Just Six Months by half0wl on Friday September 07, 2018 @09:10PM (#17938816)
Slightly related - it's the same situation in Singapore when GrabTaxi "merged" with Uber.

After Uber pulled out, Grab stopped handing out promotion codes that would save you anywhere from $2-5 bucks per trip (or occasionally more), and they slashed the rate you earn reward points for every dollar spent by ~13-16 times.

Grab became the market, quite literally. It's such a drastic change in just a matter of weeks, and what makes it worse is that there is practically no competition in the ride-hailing scene over here (for now, at least, and hopefully).

Re:Beleaguered Didi Is Said to Lose $585M in Just Six Months by inawarminister on Saturday September 08, 2018 @02:31AM (#17939744)
Gojek haven't tried to penetrate the SG market huh?

They're fighting Grab in Thailand and Philippines for now I think.

Re:Beleaguered Didi Is Said to Lose $585M in Just Six Months by half0wl on Sunday September 09, 2018 @06:59AM (#17945335)
They confirmed they're launching in SG a couple of months back, but there has been no further news yet :-/
Re:Beleaguered Didi Is Said to Lose $585M in Just Six Months by toomuchtodo on Friday September 07, 2018 @09:59PM (#17938972)
Are there no taxis in Singapore?
Re:Beleaguered Didi Is Said to Lose $585M in Just Six Months by half0wl on Sunday September 09, 2018 @06:54AM (#17945319)
I was referring to ride-hailing _apps_ specifically, my bad.

Anecdotally, I don't have good experiences with taxis here, and sometimes they're more expensive than Grab.