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> With eSIM there's a tighter coupling between the phone and carrier. Not sure if I like that. I'm not sure what you mean? Carriers already have the ability to
by ezfe 3y ago
> With eSIM there's a tighter coupling between the phone and carrier. Not sure if I like that.
I'm not sure what you mean? Carriers already have the ability to lock a phone to their network, regardless of eSIM or not.
- martin8412 3y agoNo they don't? They can lock it if they sold it to you, but they can't lock arbitrary devices.
- ledauphin 3y agohow do eSIMs enable locking arbitrary devices to a network?
- ezfe 3y agoYes they literally can lock any device you plug their SIM into, if they want to. They used to, but it's uncommon now.
- martin8412 3y agoThey do that to a device that I own without providing the service for free for the entire period, then they're getting sued. They have absolutely no right to claim ownership over my fully paid device.
- ezfe 3y agoAnd they typically don’t these days but there’s no technological prohibition and it was common a decade ago.