On: Ask HN: What is your best passive income 2019?

[cartercole]

the first rule of passive income is you don't talk about passive income... (cuz someone will copy it and end the gravy train)

[quickthrower2 → cartercole]

Unless it’s something that doesn’t work, then you create a money making course about it.

[swat535 → cartercole]

I don't understand this logic.. are you saying you are secretly running a business operation?

It's virtually impossible for one to prevent competition

If your business idea is so fragile that can be blown away by competition, you might want to rethink your strategy.

[devbot9 → swat535]

"If your business idea is so fragile that can be blown away by competition, you might want to rethink your strategy."

It may not be that you "want to rethink your strategy," but if you stumbled into becoming a one man show for a super niche unrivaled business app, why talk about that on a forum of developers?

[justaguyhere → cartercole]

That is true, but people can still talk about strategies etc without giving too much specifics. It is still a good discussion to have.

[h1d → cartercole]

Because not all of them can just be copied easily?