Comment on Article: I switched to eSIM in 2025, and I am full of regret

ArfArfWoof@europe.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• PostaL@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  • ArfArfWoof@europe.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah but how do make money? Is the few cents saved per unit worth it? Like I know that saving 1€ over a million units is 1M€ saved but still.

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    • ozymandias117@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That really is how these companies think.

      I’ve seen car companies selling $100,000+ cars sweating over whether we use a $0.10 more expensive part that would last 3x longer than the cheaper one

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      • ArfArfWoof@europe.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        This isn’t just cheaping out though, this is removing a feature. Surely no one will be glad to put in additional effort for no advantage? Or are there advantages to eSIMs that I don’t know about?

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    • PostaL@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m betting the mechanical component of a sim card tray is more expensive than the chip

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• iopq@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  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?

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  • sunbeam60@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    In a world of corporate control over everything, I’ll take my globally defined, physical interface standard thank you.

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    • Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      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.

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      • Pika@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        The ability to swap it to a new device without carrier approval is a big one for me.

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      • sunbeam60@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I can move my phone number to another phone in 2 minutes without involving the phone company. The same is definitely not true with an eSIM.

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    • iopq@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You realize that it doesn’t physically do anything, right? Like it just has some bits on it

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      • sunbeam60@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yes I know what’s on a SIM card. But if it’s physical I can move it to another phone in a flash. With an eSIM I had to ask pretty please of the phone companies.

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• Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Phone companies lost touch with what we actually want over a decade ago.

  Seriously, does anyone know a single person that’s excited about getting a new phone when they just bought one a year or two earlier (assuming it’s not broken or cracked)?

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• jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Because we have to force “features” that no one asked for.

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  • ArfArfWoof@europe.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Right but you gotta make money somehow. The 3,5mm jack was removed to sell wireless headphones. The SD card slot is gone to force you to buy a phone with more soldered storage. Why this? Can’t be data collection, they have it all already.

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    • Rooster326@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Because they save money in manufacturing.

      Bonus is if you have to go in to move your phone - there’s a chance you buy something.

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    • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      the SD card slot is removed because it’s a security issue. data on SD card is per spec (iirc) not encrypted sothat it’s compatible with typical SD reader software on your computer. therefore anything that you store on your phone’s SD card can be read by an attacker who steals your phone and extracts the SD card.

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• Strider@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s consumer demand!

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  • ArfArfWoof@europe.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Shareholder demand

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• gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  make phones slimmer which is necessary because of uhh

  to lower manufacturing costs

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