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eSIM was supposed to replace SIM cards, but carriers turned it into a trap (www.howtogeek.com)
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[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago

What trap? What friction? Any time I change phones, I call up my carrier and give them the new IMEI, and it almost instantly connects and downloads the esim.

I've had it not do that automatically once or twice, so I do still prefer a physical sim, but I don't really know what the article is talking about.