Sure, but that's a different issue, not covered under 'imagine using Android', I'd say. Also, as you said, used sales exist. One could argue that those also make a new Pixel more desirable, but that's out of scope for me personally.

Few things one could ever do are perfect. I also think 'rewarding' Apple for recent decision, or at all, isn't sensible or deserved. I also think that one or a few hardware sales probably aren't going to have a significant effect on a corporation that size.

There are few tech products you can buy with a clean consciousness if you look at production and recycling practices as a whole. I still think buying a pixel, in whatever way, and putting Graphene on it, in this current moment, lands you with the best compromise between privacy, security, and freedom from ads and surveillance. But that's subjective.