This is one of those nuanced things that can't be generally applied to everything. Operating SSH on a port other than 22 can/may protect you from random bots/sc

This is one of those nuanced things that can't be generally applied to everything. Operating SSH on a port other than 22 can/may protect you from random bots/scripts but won't protect you from a determined attacker. In real world, misdirection like operating services on non-standard port does not go that far.