I'm seeing a lot of people advocating for either eSIM or standard SIM slot. I feel like the real question should be "why not both?" I know there are economics,

I'm seeing a lot of people advocating for either eSIM or standard SIM slot. I feel like the real question should be "why not both?" I know there are economics, control, tracking, or whatever at play. Regardless, I think the phone should have a SIM slot and it should ALSO have eSIM functionality. I can almost guarantee the reason they're pushing for eSIM is because it's cheaper to manufacture a phone without a milled out slot with water sealant lining, little switch to pop out the SIM deck, etc. Can we all not agree that the real "enemy" here is the corporations taking away your options? If we were really thinking about the consumer here, we'd be ensuring you had access to both technologies to ensure your phone is robust and capable of working on any network regardless of their SIM requirements. Maybe this is crazy talk though. Maybe eSIM is so amazing, old SIM doesn't even matter anymore, but I can't help but feel like I'm right here, because having both quite literally appeases everyone except rich corpo's trying to save a buck.