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> If Google can do that ( https://fi.google.com https://fi.google.com ) why can't Apple? I think Apple planned (still is?) to become a carrier as part of their
by tapland 8y ago
> If Google can do that ( https://fi.google.com https://fi.google.com ) why can't Apple?
I think Apple planned (still is?) to become a carrier as part of their eSIM rollout, but the carriers who sell a lot of their phones are not so welcoming to carrying a competing carriers products.
If Apple can move iDevice sales to their own stores to a higher degree this is more likely to happen.
- londons_explore 8y agoI feel like Apple can just have a popup that says "Verizon has no service here. AppleNet has 4 bars service. Do you want to connect to AppleNet instead($35 per month)?". Click 'Yes' and you're subscribed, billed to your Apple account just like any other in-app subscription, and only used when your main provider has no service or you have no SIM inserted.
- tapland 8y agoYep. But with that functionality it could also be: Turn iPhone on, get asked the same, never worry about a separate carrier, ever. Carriers don't want that.
- kkarakk 8y agoApple has shown that they can dictate whatever terms they want to carriers before. Them not being able to do so in this particular instance doesn't make sense.