I wouldn’t be so dramatic. Transferring an eSIM is only a few clicks, there is no need for searching the little thingie to open SIM compartment, no searching for the right hole to stick it into, no fear of losing the tiny SIM card during the process. I would say the transfer process is pretty hard, mainly for older people or people with bigger fingers.
On the other hand, you still need the operator and his servers and proprietary code for the SIM to be useful (unless you are building your own network).
I wouldn’t be so dramatic. Transferring an eSIM is only a few clicks, there is no need for searching the little thingie to open SIM compartment, no searching for the right hole to stick it into, no fear of losing the tiny SIM card during the process. I would say the transfer process is pretty hard, mainly for older people or people with bigger fingers. On the other hand, you still need the operator and his servers and proprietary code for the SIM to be useful (unless you are building your own network).
Unless your carrier requires you to go down to their physical store and pay a fee to move your eSIM to another device.
https://support.simba.sg/hc/en-us/articles/17453381569817-Can-I-switch-my-eSIM-profile-to-another-device
You’re complaining about a carrier policy, not eSIMs in general. Most carriers don’t have that requirement.
In fact I never even heard of that before, and I’m an American where that’s exactly the type of nickel and dime bullshit they’d do.