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

• Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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

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    • IdleSheep@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      This sounds like a your carrier problem, not an eSIM problem.

      I’ve swapped eSIMs 3 times this year at my own leisure, no involvement from the carriers, no calls, no issue whatsoever.

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      • undrwater@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        “This sounds like a your carrier problem, not an eSIM problem.”

        This is true, and we the consumer have no control of the carrier decisions. With a physical SIM, we have at least a little.

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      • Pika@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I would agree to an extent, but I dislike another step or dependency to change phones. With a physical sim I don’t need to login to a carrier site for it to function, don’t need to call their support, don’t need to wait for activation times, only their towers gotta be working.

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  • sunbeam60@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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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