> Agree on Smart-ID but the answer is to fix those flaws

Fundamentally can't be, it'd be a whole new solution.

> For eSIM to support that use case, political will only is needed: the EU got Apple to abandon the lightning cable, this is not any different.

Mandate every phone vendor to EAL4(+) certify their eSIMs? I'd love to see that, but I'm not sure that's a viable approach to take.