Just change your perspective to one of a scumbag C-level executive of a public facing company and you will quickly understand.
> I for one don't understand how sustainability and a yearly release schedule can go hand in hand
The sustainability report is more for green washing and a thinly veiled deceptive tactic to hide their lust for greed
> Why isn’t it a 2 or 3+ year release cycle?
again, adjust your perspective. The point is to push hardware sales and pump the quarterly numbers. Making the phones easily repairable means significant decrease in NEW phone sales which generate the $$$. Let’s be honest, Apple C-level execs don’t give a fuck about the environment, human rights, and any of that. It’s all a show.
> Yearly upgrades of consumer electronics is a pretty non-sustainable idea
Apple C-level execs know this. Apple marketing division knows this. Consumers know this. Yet people continue to buy their greenwashing campaign every year and consumers are convinced it’s okay. Oh it’s “carbon neutral” now. Oh Apple installs solar panels at their shitty office, “I am buying into a green company guyzzz!!! save the planet one iPhone at a time”
Support right to repair. Support government regulations. Do not expect these private companies to “do the right thing”