OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 天前Article: I switched to eSIM in 2025, and I am full of regretarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square147fedilinkarrow-up1416arrow-down118
arrow-up1398arrow-down1external-linkArticle: I switched to eSIM in 2025, and I am full of regretarstechnica.comOldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 天前message-square147fedilink
minus-squareozymandias117@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·14 天前From the phone manufacturer, it’s fewer traces and less mechanical design work. From the carrier side, it requires you to have their spyware installed to register the Sim From a user perspective, someone can’t just steal your Sim and put it in another phone
minus-squareEat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·13 天前Except that’s not true, I neither need to install any apps nor give my data to my service provider.
minus-squareozymandias117@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 天前Then you are using a feature phone, or a standard Android/iOS device with their tools preinstalled If you try to use it with a free operating system, it’s not possible. Here are the instructions for installing the bridge code on Graphene: https://grapheneos.org/usage#esim-support
From the phone manufacturer, it’s fewer traces and less mechanical design work.
From the carrier side, it requires you to have their spyware installed to register the Sim
From a user perspective, someone can’t just steal your Sim and put it in another phone
Except that’s not true, I neither need to install any apps nor give my data to my service provider.
Then you are using a feature phone, or a standard Android/iOS device with their tools preinstalled
If you try to use it with a free operating system, it’s not possible.
Here are the instructions for installing the bridge code on Graphene: https://grapheneos.org/usage#esim-support
I use eSIMs on grapheneOS
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