There seems to be a trend on HN to assume every country in Europe has the same laws. Confusingly, most of these comments come from people living in European countries.

Can you actually use them without activation? Last time I tried getting one I was required to activate it using NemID/MitID before it would actually work.

If they do work without activation could you please enlighten me on who's selling these, it not one of the major phone companies, nor is it Lebara. Lycamobile maybe?