Depends on which placement you mean.
"Boosted listings" in Facebook Marketplace? AcmeShop can't bid on that.
In-Marketplace ads like [0]? They are similarly in-Marketplace, I don't think it's technically possible to bid on them.
In-feed Marketplace ads like [1]? They are specifically Marketplace, I have no evidence that they enter the same bidding pool, and it seems improbable.
In-feed generic auto-placed ads like [2]? Maybe, maybe not.
> Remember, Facebook doesn't even make money if you sell something locally and pay in cash.
Facebook doesn't just make money from boosted listings, they also benefit from people just using Facebook. Even if Facebook didn't make any money directly from Marketplace, it'd still be worth it for them and it'd still be anti-competitive. If they can make themselves the main marketplace, it creates a large captive audience scrolling through their ads.
> But I think it has to be shown that Facebook is actually engaging in that kind of anti-competitive behavior. We can't just assume it.
Aren't we commenting under an article about a fine for anti-competitive behaviour?
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