Although I do think google will probably follow through with their support claim, at least in some technical way. I also believe you're completely correct about this point. It's a small sample, but I've told around 8 people over the years about the support life of various nexus and pixel phones specifically (in casual conversations with job interviewers, coworkers, and strangers about our phones). Zero people have already known about it. The most common reaction is that I am just mistaken, they would never do that.