Ask HN: Whats your take on Software Patents, Or Patents in General?

Doing software is tough. I understand. But, Replicating software is relatively easy. Initial inception of an idea or procedure, takes lot of thinking and creative problem solving. But, Still Software patents feels wrong to me sometimes. Other times, I fear what if the big guys may rob my ideas (Implementation of it), so if patents will give protection from them, then why not? Then again I think, digital products are not like atomic products, Sometimes even one simple idea can transform a atomic product, but, in digital product, it usually takes hundreds of tiny ideas bundled into one product. So, patenting them seems some somewhat different. Whats your take on software patents?