Did that several times using cheap eSIMs while traveling.
Never had a single problem with it (but increased latency because of weird routings around the world).
So not about eSIM the technology, but the business landscape inviting opportunistic business people when the bar of entry is lowered. Table 1 is worth a read. The outrage bait about traffic being routed through China shouldn't matter too much to the common person, since we're mostly using TLS. If you're on DoH (DNS over HTTPS), you're even using it for host lookups.
2/ iPhones don't get you set the DNS provider / DoH for cellular
3/ DoH breaks wifi redirect walls, making it tedious to enable/disable. Like you cant just enable DoH for certain apps or disable it for others.
Is that really true? I would have thought all the automatic detection features try with unencrypted DNS? They should anyway.
Why would they take such extreme measures if there wasn’t some issue with the security?
Also, iPhone and iPad sold in China can install and activate an eSIM from foreign carriers when the device is not located in China. They only banned activating foreign eSIM within China.
pjmlp•1h ago
leakycap•1h ago
Are you outside the US? I've used eSIM on iOS many times with a number of carriers and MVNOs and never noticed a fee (unless you're talking about a postpaid carrier's line activation fee, usually around $36, not related to esim or not)
nottorp•57m ago
pjmlp•9m ago
As it is nowadays, I am not up to date.
vladvasiliu•1m ago
That 10 € fee is exactly the cost they would have charged for a physical SIM, shipping included.
Bouygues was one of the companies lamenting the change. They viewed it as a "loss of connection with their customers", whatever that means. I haven't set foot in a phone store in I don't even remember how long, but at least 10 years, so I have no idea what the hell they're talking about.
userbinator•37m ago