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> Competitors should take a page from Apple's playbook here and be open about stuff that will give you a competitive advantage and shut the hell up about everything else. Open is not always better.

That's pretty horrible. Life isn't all about profit, you know?



In his previous sentence, Jason uses the phrase "competitors" and talks about "competitive advantage". So when he says, "open is not always better" - he is saying that being more open isn't always better for your competitive advantage.

That is definitely a true statement. Life isn't all about profit, but staying competitive is a huge contributor to maintaining any profit at all.




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