> This has fueled a global marketplace of online eSIM resellers [54], operating across borders with minimal regulatory oversight. These services are typically marketed through web stores and mobile apps, with providers operating across borders and often facing minimal regulatory oversight.

But this is exactly the situation we have with VPNs. VPNs have proven themselves to be a useful tool for censorship circumvention, and foreign eSIMs are thus an interesting alternative suitable for this purpose, especially if traditional VPNs are blocked by the state.