My general theory is that patents make the strong stronger and the weak weaker.
Strong companies have the collection of old patents and the resources to collect more and sue the crap out of anyone trying to do something new without paying them.
New companies have no legal leverage, whenever they try to do something new the strong companies send an army of lawyers going through the new tech looking for things that fall under old patents and then they smash the newcomers to ruin and take over any new patents generated.
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