I share your concerns but at the same time I think, why would we even need a SIM? Isn't it simply a device for accessing account on someones system?
We don't have SIMs for ADSL or Fiber internet? We don't have SIMs for Reddit ot Twitter? Why would we have SIMs accessing GSM networks? There's no fundamental reason why we simply don't sign in into these networks like signing in to HN.
Surely, it adds a layer of anonymity and freedom where you simply use the system by paying it however there's an ongoing trend all over the world of de-anonymisation. In many places they are asking for ID and other documents in order to provide you with a SIM.
Physical SIM now means, it's yet another obsolete tech that costs money and takes space inside the devices only to sustain anonymity that is no longer desired.
SIM is just another causality on the way towards the tightly controlled world.
IMHO, it needs to happen at some point but we also need to rethink our rights in a world that is run by these huge networks.
Wouldn't be nice if our phones could have simply scanned for the networks, receive the offers from the available networks, pay and start using it?
We don't have SIMs for ADSL or Fiber internet? We don't have SIMs for Reddit ot Twitter? Why would we have SIMs accessing GSM networks? There's no fundamental reason why we simply don't sign in into these networks like signing in to HN.
Surely, it adds a layer of anonymity and freedom where you simply use the system by paying it however there's an ongoing trend all over the world of de-anonymisation. In many places they are asking for ID and other documents in order to provide you with a SIM.
Physical SIM now means, it's yet another obsolete tech that costs money and takes space inside the devices only to sustain anonymity that is no longer desired.
SIM is just another causality on the way towards the tightly controlled world.
IMHO, it needs to happen at some point but we also need to rethink our rights in a world that is run by these huge networks.
Wouldn't be nice if our phones could have simply scanned for the networks, receive the offers from the available networks, pay and start using it?