>Rather than have an Apple device become ewaste due to software issues, in recent years, it is much more likely that it will become ewaste due to hardware issue

Apple not supporting their hardware after a short time is a software issue causing e-waste. I have a big box full of non-viable Apple hardware that is working perfectly well, Apple just decided to stop supporting all those devices - a bunch of tablets, a couple apple tvs, an old apple watch, several laptops, etc.

Sure, other manufacturers do this too, but none as badly as Apple does IMHO.