Apple providing 7 years of official support, i think.

Assuming you bought one on launch day, that's just-under 4 years of support. That only looks good by the awful standards of Android -- you can expect 50%+ more for Apple's phones, which you'd think Google could at least equal.

Supported means many different things. Ideally, I want to know if the device is going to last, or if it's going to end up bootlooping and being a big PITA like the Nexus 5X, before I buy it. That requires that it be on the market for a considerable amount of time. In this case, the 4a 5G is discontinued after less than a year in the market; it may continue to be sold, but likely not for very long.

Free repair if that happens is nice, but also not that helpful unless being out a phone for a week is fine, and losing your on device data is fine.

I’d say reducing waste is important.

Mechanical dimensions being close together definitely is. It’s a PITA when phones grow but your 3D printed cases don’t.

Doesn't really help someone looking for a well-supported "baseline" (no extra garbage from the manufacturer) android phone for company fleets.

I've run Android Degoogled for many years. Gmail can be accessed via K-9 Mail or another mail client via IMAP. Google Drive can be accessed via a browser such as Kiwi or Firefox.