I can swap my eSIM between phones faster than I can remove my phone case.

stavros · 2025-01-21T00:50:22 1737420622

There's a difference between "my specific thing works" and "all such things work". Not all eSIMs are transferable.

lxgr · 2025-01-21T05:24:56 1737437096

Yes, but that's a problem of bad network operators, not the eSIM standard.

Operators could also release physical SIMs that get tied to a given phone's IMEI after first insertion if they really wanted to.

sureIy · 2025-01-21T10:29:53 1737455393

Yes, but that's a problem of bad people, not guns.

Either way, the end result is that I have to identify myself at a store to move some eSIMs and many are simply not transferable (particularly from Airalo)

lxgr · 2025-01-21T19:54:03 1737489243

Airalo SIMs wouldn't even exist without eSIM, so arguably that's still a consumer win, not a loss, even though I obviously also wish they were transferable.