I'm a pixel 2 XL user, I almost sold it for the KeyOne but decided to wait to see how it faired. Glad I did because I love the look and sound of the Key2. I'm going to sell up and get this one. I've put up with typing on glass for years, enough is enough lol.
I have the Note8 and in recent times had the S7 edge and OG Pixel XL. So I understand your frustration with typing on glass.
However, I don't "hate" typing on glass enough to give up the other features we have like water resistance, case availability, big beautiful screens, video/YouTube consumption on said screen, premium build and internals, etc. If I was banging out emails all day long, for sure I would be leaning that way - I'm more of a content consumer.
I'm glad they offer it. Perhaps if they made a slider with an OLED screen - I would consider it. Or heck even if the Key2 had an OLED screen, then it would be a definite maybe, for me.
Plus I'm on Verizon, so you know how that goes....