This is exactly the problem. Patents used to be a tool that little guys could use against the big guys. Like when Google started with a patent on its search alg

This is exactly the problem. Patents used to be a tool that little guys could use against the big guys. Like when Google started with a patent on its search algorithm that prevented Yahoo from copying its idea. Interestingly, this was also a form of wealth redistribution that forced large companies to give money to smaller companies with good ideas. If you assume that the patent system is being weakened, it is interesting how it aligns with a reduction in seed funding while at the same time seeing massive market valuations for already enormous tech companies.