"It not being open source is a political argument, not a technical one." If I can compare the open source to the reverse engineered code to see what I'm really

"It not being open source is a political argument, not a technical one." If I can compare the open source to the reverse engineered code to see what I'm really using/getting, that seems like a technical advantage. Also, all of the reverse engineered code I've worked with has been difficult and time consuming to digest (missing var names, comments etc); open source gives me a technical advantage in analyzing and understanding the code. Lastly, looking at a companies open source lets me assess their technical sophistication and practices which also seems like a technical advantage. I haven't spent much time thinking on this subject, but the political aspect seems to be the line of thinking that says: you will engender trust by making a project open source. Is your reasoning similar? Also are there good tools for reverse engineering iOS deployments?