[lxgr]

Ironically, this is only true for prepaid SIMs. As a result, in some EU countries it's easier to get a month-by-month postpaid plan – sometimes there's no KYC at all for these...

[stogot]

When did this change happen? I’ve done local SIM prepaid all over Europe over the past decade, but not so much recently

[wkat4242]

It didn't. It's still up to each country. There's still several without mandatory registration.