I agreed that the library processing is probably synchronising. Though NOT the initial picking of a book to read.
Buying a book when you only have one device is not.
Yes, correcting a local clock automatically from a remote one is synchronisation. Most systems allow you to turn that off from Internet (My satellite box, Android Phone, Linux and Windows allow it to be turned off. My Android TV might be able to disable it, it's such a mess of a GUI it's hard to say. The TV and sat box gets it from broadcast)
Downloading adverts, forcing new firmware automatically, uploading reader stats (illegal in EU) and copying other user behaviour (illegal in EU) is not synchronisation.
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different computers to have the same information at a given time.
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I agree with that. But Kobo knows I have only one device, no app and and have never bought anything from them. So there is nothing to synchronise by any reasonable definition. Even if there was, what looks like an "off" should be off.
Even MS Roaming profiles can be disabled.