They don't. They do this with their Great 78 project as well. The way they go about borrowing collections, digitizing them, then returning them (which in itself is illegal reproduction), and then posting them online (also breaking copyright laws), is very sketchy. In in addition it is frustrating to watch (I hesitate to say "unfair") them do this when, say, university or publicly funded archives cannot get away with doing the same and are much more constrained in their methods. There is a whole other can of worms to do with long term sustainability and preservation but I won't get into that
The main advantage of the eCVT is the ability to seamlessly combine the power from two motor-generator units and an ICE (as in the Prius) while holding the ICE in the RPM range you want it. Here, there is only one electric motor and keeping it at a certain RPM range (other than below it's max) isn't really important. While a CVT will get you smooth ratio changes, you are still constrained by a minimum and maximum gear ratio, a range which is relatively small compared to this kind of two speed (in this case you can have two gear ratios that are super far apart, as an electric motor makes the same torque regardless of the RPM, unlike an ICE, where you want your gear ratios close to help stay in the powerband). As for CVT's being universally hated in performance circles, they're only universally hated by the same kind of people that hate flappy paddle dual clutch transmissions, i.e people who don't care or know what is actually faster, more reliable, and more efficient in different use cases, but only care about a clutch and an H-pattern shifter.
I don't particularly agreed with the parent, but the honey bees in most places in the world are non-native species that are introduced to produce honey and pollinate large fields, orchards, etc. For example in the American Midwest we have European honeybees everywhere, and they displace native pollinators (bumble bees, native butterflies and skips, etc). All told it's not a big deal but I can see an argument for removing them where they aren't native.