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Originally Posted by Quoth
It's not a "normal" tablet as it's 3:2 aspect instead of 16:9 or 16:10 and has a special screen. You only need Android account for initial setup, Google security updates and Playstore. It can be later disabled.
The Kobo Sage 8" has slightly more pixels than a 10.3" Kobo Elipsa or Elipsa2. Neither is good enough for actual magazines or A4 documents. I really tried. Certainly many scanned books (if PDF brightened first) work as the current FW does per document crop. The A5 approx manuals are slightly better on the Sage than Elipsa (I have/had both).
I read almost all novels on the Sage, but Fixed Layout Illustrated and larger or colour PDFs on the Nxtpaper 14. I disable most Google services & Apps.
The Onyx Boox uses Android, Kobo and Pocketbook make more sense and the shops can be ignored.
Kobo can use a fake email address and updates still work. "SideloadedMode=true" disables all the shop stuff. A simple to edit text file.
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It's a normal LCD tablet with a matte screen. Lots of normal LCD tablets have 3:2 or 4:3 screens. All the iPads are 4:3 and most Surfaces are 3:2. You can find Android devices besides the Nxtpaper 14 with 4:3 or 3:2 screens too.
I don't think a matte LCD is a good alternative to eInk to recommend it to someone looking for eInk. It's just not the same unless they only use it in darkish areas with a front light.
How good A4/letter or magazine content will be on a 10" device will depend on your eyesight. For me, it's doable. For lots of people, it's doable and why they got a 10" iPad.