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I couldn't find that regulation and looking at wikipedia regulations about that are country specific: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIM_lock#European_Union htt
by bpfrh 4y ago
I couldn't find that regulation and looking at wikipedia regulations about that are country specific:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIM_lock#European_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIM_lock#European_Union
It seems sim locking is legal, but unlocking has to be allowed after some time.
I couldn't see anything that would differentiate between a carrier lock by esim vs a sim.
- coretx 4y agoBy EU law, the vendor of the phone has to provide updates for N year. There is no such regulation for SIM cards. ( Provided by telco's ) This means the vendor of the phone, not the telco, can simply say "we did our N years of updates", rendering the phone useless as esim requires it in order to function. It's beyond the power of the telco, because it did not provide the esim. It's not a "SIM lock", it's far more devious.
- bpfrh 4y agoThat could be bad, I would have never thought of that implication. I'm not sure that would happen wouldn't most telcos be interested to allow as many users on the network as possible?
- TeMPOraL 4y agoPeople whose devices get obsoleted by eSIM won't suddenly drop off the grid - they'll go and buy a new phone, because being on the mobile network is almost a requirement in most of the world these days. With the above in mind, note that it just so happens that telcos sell mobile devices as well as the service. This means they'll make money on increasing device churn.
- the_mitsuhiko 4y agoI don't believe such a law exists on the EU level.