Makes sense, otherwise it would be an US-exclusive, and from a manufacturer point of view making a SKU specific for the united states where the sim card slot is replaced by a plastic piece only increases prices.
I remind everyone that Apple didn’t do that for “user convenience”, but just to keep customers locked in their ecosystem, as switching esims is not easy for normal people, the ones that they are unable to read the content of error messages and dialog boxes (although for us pro users is easier than physical)