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They aren't really the Uber of Southeast Asia. They are more like "the potential Alipay/Wechat" of south east Asia. And given those apps have managed to re-arr
by ian0 9y ago
They aren't really the Uber of Southeast Asia. They are more like "the potential Alipay/Wechat" of south east Asia.
And given those apps have managed to re-arrange e-comm, on demand, banking & payments industries over the course of a few years id say they are pretty innovative. Take a look at what Kudo (a grab acquisition) does for example.
Also agree with the comment below re countries with high un-employment. At least here in Indonesia on-demand services seem to have made a net positive impact on income levels for low income demographics. Hopefully when one emerges as the victor some regulations are put in place to make sure this remains the case.
- ian0 9y agoOnly on HN would you be confused whether the down-vote was for defending On-Demand services or talking about regulating them :P
- cocktailpeanuts 9y agoProbably downvoted because your comment is irrelevant to the point you're criticizing. "uber of southeast asia", "alipay of southeast asia", "wechat of southeast asia" all that doesn't matter in this context. They're all unoriginal. Parent was saying how OP is claiming to have left Google because they are unoriginal and frame themselves against competition. That's exactly what "X of Y" is. Doesn't matter what X, or Y is. That's what that expression is designed to do.
- ian0 9y agoOk, thats kind of fair. I should have been more specific. What they are on track to becoming (the we-chat, alipay of SEA), requires a high level of innovation in itself. As We-chats rise was very different to Alipay's - Grab & co's are to the chinese companies. Its most definitely not cookie-cutter territory.
- lazerpants 9y agoAre Alipay or Wechat even that innovative? I mean, would they exist if Chinese companies were required to play fair with American competitors?