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Quick update, I ended up getting a GL4+ on sale and I'm reasonably happy with it so far!
Turns out the GlowLight 4 and 4e do have partitioned/restricted storage for sideloading, but the GL4+ allows access to the whole storage without any fiddling which is a major win imho. Audiobooks won't work by sideloading apparently, but that's not a concern for me.
I could not find a way to set up the device without registering it, which is annoying, but I just used a throwaway email so it's not a dealbreaker. There are instructions scattered around but I couldn't get any of them to work.
Because of the way it interacts with my computer (Windows 10), I can't see it as a USB storage device like you'd expect, so I can't drag-and-drop files directly. Calibre connects just fine so I can send over files, and I was able to use ADB to install KOReader, but it's going to take a bit of effort to do some of the customization with patches/plugins I had planned.
Overall, I do like the size and feel of it, so unless it flakes out on me I feel like it was a worthwhile purchase! My main hardware quibble is that the screen is still really bright on the lowest setting (compared to my PW2), but I can probably get used to it.
Hope any of that helps someone else in the future :)
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