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To put "millions" into perspective based on the value of Apple, that is less than a dollar to the average American.

Of course, a company doesn't get that large by giving out money with no push back. Just some perspective.

If someone asked me for a dollar in an unpleasant and totally unfounded manner, I’d probably give it to them, even if it was inconsequential.

And thus give them more encouragement them to shake down the next person, as well as you again the next time they see you on the street.

The nuisance lawsuit business model employed by all of our favorite patent trolls.

Haha, I missed a “not,” completely inverting the meaning of my sentence. Oops!