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I doubt payment is part of the spec, but I bet you a dollar Apple Payments is going to factor into the "seamless provisioning experience".
by sangnoir 5y ago
I doubt payment is part of the spec, but I bet you a dollar Apple Payments is going to factor into the "seamless provisioning experience".
- FDSGSG 5y agoYou would lose that dollar. eSIMs have been available on iOS for ages and have nothing to do with "Apple Payments".
- sangnoir 5y agoYou're too focussed on the narrow technology implementation and not on the potential consumer experience. Here's what a rational, profitable scenario would look like to me: in the not-too-distant-future, you land in country X and you get prompted if you would you like a local number by partner Mobile network. If you agree, Apple submits your electronic ID[1] to the Mobile Network for KYC purposes (with your opt-in), you pay with your Apple wallet, and you get a local number. The network gets paid, and Apple gets its cut (as well as a subsequent payments, if it's a PAYG plan) - and you haven't even picked up your baggage from the carousel. Apple can even play off networks against each other and pick the more profitable ones, and consumers get a sleek onboarding experience for a fee, or bundled with your Apple TV/iTunes/iServices subscription, so you can resume watching season 10 of Foundation while you wait for your Uber. 1. https://www.macrumors.com/2021/11/15/apple-strict-terms-on-us-states-digital-ids/ https://www.macrumors.com/2021/11/15/apple-strict-terms-on-u...
- rosndo 5y agoYou are criticizing a weird strawman here. eSIMs already work on iPhones, it would be difficult for Apple to walk back on that. Removing the SIM slot isn’t a step into that direction, removing standards compliant eSIM support would be. Or maybe your comment isn’t meant as a criticism at all, I think that actually sounds pretty awesome. As long as we retain the ability to load our own eSIMs.