Getting a patent is costly. Enforcing a patent is almost cost prohibitive. For a small business they are mainly for ego and a deterrence to the less informed. So in my eyes, no real can of worms, and Andy for example with his legal background, likely already knows the loopholes.
You sound like your business ethics are of the highest order!
Sarcasm off.
You appear to be prone to confirmation bias, no sarcasm needed.
Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.
