Because any old chump can file a patent request and get it approved. There's a reason patent trolls exist.
This is self-evidently fallacious reasoning. It also drops the context that tech companies in aggregate spend tens of billions of dollars per year on R&D, creating the incredible world of technology, industry, and human flourishing in which we live.
The only people that see a net gain on patents are lawyers, and big corps- that’s why they spend billions on them.