> I don't like it that they charge such a premium, it makes having data as a tourist somewhat of a privilege.
I obviously don't like that the premium for an eSIM in a place like India is so high, but I think (having a brief look at esimdb.com) $20-30 USD for 10-15 GB is not unreasonable for the substantial portion of tourists to India who are already traveling from another continent [1], and considering it's in the range (±50% perhaps) of mobile data prices for a comparable plan in the UK or the US, I'm not sure it's that much of a privilege for tourists.
To be clear, I don't mean that the premium is warranted, but just that it may not be much of a privilege for many tourists.
I obviously don't like that the premium for an eSIM in a place like India is so high, but I think (having a brief look at esimdb.com) $20-30 USD for 10-15 GB is not unreasonable for the substantial portion of tourists to India who are already traveling from another continent [1], and considering it's in the range (±50% perhaps) of mobile data prices for a comparable plan in the UK or the US, I'm not sure it's that much of a privilege for tourists.
To be clear, I don't mean that the premium is warranted, but just that it may not be much of a privilege for many tourists.
[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/207005/foreign-tourist-a...