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My reaction to this originally was "why not?" I don't care about Kobo's knowing what or how often/how much I read.
That said, I have two issues that are already making me think the hell with it. First, I wish Kobo were more transparent about what exactly counts. I assume it's purchased content direct-downloaded only, and that's fine. But what about books that are mostly or entirely read offline? Will Kobo count them when you sync? What about devices that don't sync entirely, which is a problem for a lot of people? Also, I prefer to read offline because of battery issues.
And what I'm already finding extremely annoying is that syncing across devices isn't working all that well, i.e., sometimes it does, something nothing happens. I can work around it, but why should I be bothered?
I have to say that Kindle is much better at syncing and at limited battery drain from being online. I'm in Camp Kobo overall, but that's the reality. I can't help thinking that part of the point of this contest (aside from generally encouraging people to buy from Kobo so their reading "counts") is more/better access to reading data. As I said, I don't object to Kobo's getting this, but I'm also not going to go out of my way to provide them with it.
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