Patents provide exactly zero "protection" if you get sued. They provide exactly zero protection from competitors copying your idea unless you are prepared to sp

Patents provide exactly zero "protection" if you get sued. They provide exactly zero protection from competitors copying your idea unless you are prepared to spend huge amounts to litigate them. Patents will serve you one purpose only. To have something to show to investors to get funding. Those investors might be (or sell out to) the trolls you despise.