> First, the OP describes an eSIM for his mobile phone - in this case with a provider named "silent.link". In my experience, eSIMs provide "voip" numbers and no

> First, the OP describes an eSIM for his mobile phone - in this case with a provider named "silent.link". In my experience, eSIMs provide "voip" numbers and not actual "mobile" numbers. This is an important distinction since most 2FA verifications[1] come not from a phone number, but from a "short code"[2] and voip numbers cannot receive SMS from a short code. So you are quite limited in what services you can sign up for and maintain with just an eSIM. You are right but this issue is even bigger as many smaller providers too use something that is more VOIP than anything else. My actual phone number gets redflagged ~80% of the time. Meaning i use shady SMS verification services most of the time.