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With an estimated one-third of the U.S. programmatic display ad spend going to the so-called ad tax, the need for transparency is obvious. But a feud over two new IAB tools—sellers.json and OpenRTB SupplyChain object—underscores why transparency will never be possible as long as the industry perpetuates the intermediary blame game.

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