Innerworld@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agoApple rolls out mandatory UK age verification with iOS 26.4, requiring users to provide a credit card or ID, a first in Europe, after UK government pressurewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1190arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1188arrow-down1external-linkApple rolls out mandatory UK age verification with iOS 26.4, requiring users to provide a credit card or ID, a first in Europe, after UK government pressurewww.theverge.comInnerworld@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agomessage-square51fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremjr@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 hours agoWhy not? I thought swapping was promoted as a benefit of eSIM.
minus-squarePancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoI’ll admit I am speaking from ignorance. I haven’t really worked with eSIM phones in this manner and assumed you couldn’t simply swap them like physical SIM cards.
minus-square[deleted]@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agoCan you swap an eSIM to a phone that doesn’t use eSIM?
minus-squaremjr@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoI think you can get eSIM adapters for phones without one built in, but I’ve not bothered yet, so I might have misunderstood.
Why not? I thought swapping was promoted as a benefit of eSIM.
I’ll admit I am speaking from ignorance. I haven’t really worked with eSIM phones in this manner and assumed you couldn’t simply swap them like physical SIM cards.
Can you swap an eSIM to a phone that doesn’t use eSIM?
I think you can get eSIM adapters for phones without one built in, but I’ve not bothered yet, so I might have misunderstood.