OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agoArticle: I switched to eSIM in 2025, and I am full of regretarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square100fedilinkarrow-up1263arrow-down114cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1249arrow-down1external-linkArticle: I switched to eSIM in 2025, and I am full of regretarstechnica.comOldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agomessage-square100fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down6·5 hours agoeSIM just makes more sense. Why do you need a card just to store some random bits of data when your phone can store hundreds of gigabytes of data?
minus-squaresunbeam60@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·2 hours agoIn a world of corporate control over everything, I’ll take my globally defined, physical interface standard thank you.
minus-squareGeth@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·2 hours agoWhat control are you losing by going with esim? They already had you by the balls with the physical sim. Now its just more convenient and esim is also globally defined/accepted.
minus-squarePika@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 hours agoThe ability to swap it to a new device without carrier approval is a big one for me.
eSIM just makes more sense. Why do you need a card just to store some random bits of data when your phone can store hundreds of gigabytes of data?
In a world of corporate control over everything, I’ll take my globally defined, physical interface standard thank you.
What control are you losing by going with esim? They already had you by the balls with the physical sim. Now its just more convenient and esim is also globally defined/accepted.
The ability to swap it to a new device without carrier approval is a big one for me.