Main argument is probably who actually supports esim and will people check that before buying a phone expecting it to work like any other phone they’ve ever owned. Good on the US for being ahead of the curve and having more providers support esim, but this is an international device and looks like support is piss poor everywhere else https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT209096 including in the UK where I am, my current provider doesn’t support esim at all so I’ll have to switch if I want one.

End or the day I think it’s really a matter of what is simpler for consumers. I agree based on all your points esim is better, but given physical sims are a standard and probably will be for years to come it’s absurd to remove support for them in flagship phones and just expect people and providers to switch to one that supports it.