Licensing advanced technologies boosts advertising intensity, harms users on media platforms.
The article discusses how advertising-supported media platforms decide whether to share their advanced technologies with competitors. They focus on the impact of user dislike for ads on this decision. The study shows that only the technology for placing ads is shared, not content creation. If users pay for access, sharing technology becomes less likely. Sharing technology increases ads, benefiting advertisers but harming users. This research explains why competing platforms might work together on technology agreements.