Meager sum to you is food on the table for people’s families.
I defend these people because I too am a speculator, albeit in a different industry, and my profession is unfairly maligned by people as well.
Get back to me when you start making sense. Speculation and patent trolling are two different things, and you are deliberately mischaracterizing the latter.
Several of my patents are in the hands of patent trolls.
No variation on what is described in these patents has been done anywhere, by anyone in a decade and will never be done again. Arguably you couldn't even infringe on one of the patents without using a proprietary software complier.
But they have filed eight lawsuits claiming infringement. There is no possible way these lawsuits aren't frivolous.
When I retired the company offered to sell me my patents for $1500, but I didn't think they were worth $15.00.