Re:Apple said to be preparing for iPhones without SIM card s...
by mschuster91 on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @09:14AM
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> It's the revolution that GSM brought: just take your SIM and move it to a different phone. No permission required.
In virtually all countries sans a couple of dictatorships and other authoritarian regimes, you have many network providers to choose to buy an eSIM from - the US alone has 109 MVNOs plus the five network providers per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_mobile_v.... You also have the right to have your phone number ported.
When you want to switch your phone and your provider does not allow you to request a new eSIM profile, you can switch both the phone and the provider.
There are many things to criticize about modern phone markets - the lack of a right to root your phone and the lack of portability between app stores (not just purchases, but also stuff like game progress!) are the most important ones - but the switch to eSIM is not a problem at all.
In virtually all countries sans a couple of dictatorships and other authoritarian regimes, you have many network providers to choose to buy an eSIM from - the US alone has 109 MVNOs plus the five network providers per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_mobile_v.... You also have the right to have your phone number ported.
When you want to switch your phone and your provider does not allow you to request a new eSIM profile, you can switch both the phone and the provider.
There are many things to criticize about modern phone markets - the lack of a right to root your phone and the lack of portability between app stores (not just purchases, but also stuff like game progress!) are the most important ones - but the switch to eSIM is not a problem at all.