engadget is reporting that when talking about how the broadcast flag will make devices like TVs, DVRs, and other recording devices not work together, “Rick Lane, vice president of government affairs at News Corp, gets up and declares flat out that ‘compatibility is not a goal,’ and then goes on to talk about how lots of different consumer electronics aren’t interoperable. ”

Harumph. Yup, they don’t care. Rather short-sighted, but then that’s nothing new.

Link: engadget - TV execs don’t care whether or not the Broadcast Flag makes watching TV more frustrating