That is incorrect. Carriers hold the provisioning power on the esim. They can easily send you a new QR code after invalidating the previous esim in the dead or

That is incorrect. Carriers hold the provisioning power on the esim. They can easily send you a new QR code after invalidating the previous esim in the dead or stolen phone. It’s literally a procedure that takes a few seconds. Many providers here in Europe already have automated web based interfaces in place for that, or a dedicated customer support pathway/process. Some are trying to turn this into a paid-for service and that’s of course not acceptable. The scenarios you describe are all taken into account. It’s much more of a hassle to deal with physical sims in the scenario of a destroyed, stolen or lost phone. In terms of privacy nothing changes. Most country require a full scale ID procedure to emit and assign a sim. That’s the same for esims and physical sims. What changes for carriers right now is that they have to recoup the investment on the esim management infrastructure and that’s why, at least initially, the friction will come from having to pay for esim-related services that should be free.