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Comment by DeathArrow

Why is this a positive story? Downsides:

-it is more cumbersome to replace phones, as you have to move identities from phone to phone and get approvals by carriers and device makers instead of just replacing the physical SIM

-you can't just hand over your phone to someone else, you have to unroll yourself and enroll the other person

-you don't have anonymity and privacy since is no longer possible to use a prepaid physical SIM

And what are the advantages? Cost savings of maybe $1 for a pohone that costs over $1000?

parent DeathArrow 3 years ago

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