[dragonwriter]

Residency in the usual sense isn't the same thing as citizenship -- lots of people are citizens of one country and residents of another.

And while the initial set of benefits don't seem a lot like residency (except insofar as being eligible for a digital ID of this type -- in countries that offer them -- is, itself, typically something that requires citizenship or residency, so in a sense calling the program that provides access to it to non-citizen non-physical-residents "e-residency" may be reasonable on that basis alone), its overtly an initial "beta" set with planned expansion.

[benkant]

I'm aware of the difference between residency and citizenship, that's not the issue. I deny what they are offering is typically something requiring residency. Anecdotally- I don't have residency (or citizenship to be clear) in Singapore but have government ID there I use for their services.

If they plan to expand the program to allow things typically afforded to residents of a country then that would be something. I doubt it however.