Swapping SIM cards used to be easy, and then came eSIM.

  • Lucy :3@feddit.org
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    7 days ago

    So you’re now fully bound to your ISP, their proprietary shit app, and their servers providing you a new SIM instead of just swapping a physical piece of hardware in seconds. Getting new SIMs in an ideal condition is the only advantage.

    • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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      7 days ago

      So you’re now fully bound to your ISP

      Do you think you can only use an eSIM on a locked phone? Physical SIM or not, a carrier locked phone is a locked phone. You can use eSIMs on unlocked phones just fine

      their proprietary shit app, and their servers providing you a new SIM instead of just swapping a physical piece of hardware in seconds

      The difference is you don’t have to physically go someplace to get a card or have one shipped to you. You just need the Internet and an app.

      You’re complaining about semantics with no real difference, just convenience 99% of the time.

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      6 days ago

      You’re right, i need to use this specific app to change my eSIM. But I’m not bound in any way that I can’t change providers. In fact, eSIM makes switching to another provider even simpler.