Sean Hollister

“If Play Store was an independent company you would incur other costs that are not reflected on the Play P&L today and don’t need to because Play is not a standalone company,” he says.

But “Android development costs don’t just benefit Google Play, right?” asks a lawyer.

“I don’t want to speculate...” Cramer begins, “I think it’s fair to say the Android investments, are, yeah, connected to broader ecosystem.”

Cramer is testifying that Android had a separate P&L from Google Play, which relates to a point Epic has been trying to subtly make for a while. Google has argued that its Google Play app store isn’t as much of a “profit center” as it seems because it doesn’t account for all of Google’s costs — the money it had to invest bring you Google Play and Android.

But maybe Google’s costs were considered a separate business? We’ll find out.

We’ll start with accountants, and Judge Donato says he wants things to run smoothly and quickly. “This is the week to wrap up the facts,” says the judge. “We’re going to drive the wagon over the pass and reach the promised land.”

Sources told Reuters his withdrawal brings “a sense of relief” to Foxconn. He stepped down as head of Foxconn in 2019.

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He’s also telling both sides we don’t need to go through sideloading screens or redefine what MADA is or go through anything we’ve already heard three times before. “We’re going to start losing people,” he says.

“Everything new and fresh next week, otherwise I may have to ask you to stop.”

Next week, we’ll hear from both side’s economists. Then Google plans to call six witnesses (including three Google employees) to help bring its counterclaim against Epic (for breach of contract, etc.).

Both sides are supposed to file their final proposed jury instructions tomorrow — the questions the jury may actually have to decide (pending approval by the judge).

Earlier, the judge said we needed to finish the cross-examination of Google’s expert today no matter what. “You’ve got 15 minutes,” he said five minutes ago. “Remember this is an antitrust case.”

I wonder what he meant by the last part.