Apex Legends is a type of game you play to let out frustration. Its not a game you care about. It will always be like that for most people with these kinds of games.
So people just dont care. Apex Legends is a "throw-away" game. Its like a rag-doll, a punching bag, a TV-guide that is thrown across the room, a cloth you wipe the floor with.
Thats it.
Players just dont care enough.
There may be a lot of people playing the game, but that doesnt mean they care about the game.
I mean who cares about a game where you run around killing people in 2022. Its depressing.
There are so many other games that are much more positive and mentally healthy.
And who wants to be a game dev in 2022 making games where you shoot people.
Look at how Battlefield destroyed devs at DICE over decades developing that war game. They got depressed.