Comment on Article: I switched to eSIM in 2025, and I am full of regret
Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 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.
Pika@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
The ability to swap it to a new device without carrier approval is a big one for me.
IdleSheep@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 hours 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.
Pika@sh.itjust.works 4 hours 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.
undrwater@lemmy.world 7 hours 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.