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Firsty.app – free 300kbit/s eSIM for US/EU

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Re: Firsty.app – free 300kbit/s eSIM for US/EU

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Sounds like same trap as free VPN

Not really a trap if that's what everyone agrees on. Just like you have ad-supported streaming services right now.

Streaming services aren’t some obfuscated businesses that can MITM all my traffic

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#212

For travelers’ eSIM (paid), many people whom I asked, have recommended Airalo - https://www.airalo.com I have no affiliation.

just checking their pricing for Indonesia, you will get better deal if you buy local e/sim. 20GB data for $10/month.

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post #133
post #53

People here seem to quickly react by recommending their favorite travel eSIM provider. I'd propose what I find to be a bit more useful, a website that compares a bunch of different travel eSIM providers: https://esimdb.com No affiliation from my side. I find it nice to know I always have many options.

Most eSIM providers are just resellers, what I care about a travel eSIM is: 1. is it a reseller, if yes, from whom? 2. does it have local breakout in the target country? 3. what network does it use in the target country? 4. is it data-only? 5. does it allow tethering? 6. can I pay with Apple Pay? 7. can I use it without an account? Very, very few eSIM services fulfil the second criteria above, and no comparison websi…

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Re: Firsty.app – free 300kbit/s eSIM for US/EU

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I live in Toronto and heard that in March, e-sim was adding Canada. Since I have family in Germany and contacts in the US, It would be helpful if I could use this service. My cellphone currently works in all of Canada. My cell phone is a Motorolla G(9)play with 2 sim slots. Would this e-sim work with me?

Re: Firsty.app – free 300kbit/s eSIM for US/EU

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post #200

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can confirm esim.me works for it, it's just expensive for one of them. This service does not require an IMEI pairing to the EID because at least in the US it's using T-Mobile (at&t has a device whitelist and verizon requires a valid IMEI/EID in their database).

That's interesting cause on a a bigger german website we are trying to figure out how to get that firsty thing working with removable eUICCs since Feb the 16th. The only person that reported there that eSIM.me is working for them used a smartphone with a built-in eUICC for "looking at the app and receiving activation code" and after that put in the eSIM.me into a Galaxy S10. Everybody else that wrote something about…

myDealz? :) You can spoof the app to "detect" a compatible device on a rooted phone by hooking bv.b class and returning true in frida or XPosed

Re: Firsty.app – free 300kbit/s eSIM for US/EU

#216
I hope the business model is actually sustainable, because I've been using it since the app was shared here and I really like the free tier, especially because my main phone number is basically prepaid, so this is a massive upgrade!

Here's hoping for a long and bright future!

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