Not sure why it is hostile to consumers. Consumers seem to be doing just fine. One can make a principled argument to abolish all patents. (If you don't believe

Not sure why it is hostile to consumers. Consumers seem to be doing just fine. One can make a principled argument to abolish all patents. (If you don't believe in intellectual property rights for inventions). However, arguments to abolish so-called software patents don't make much sense. Software is just an implementation detail of an invention. It is not the invention.