It feels to me like its a pretty safe bet to say that Apex is not far away from the same outcome of Titanfall. If they couldn't control the sad outcome of what happened to that game, why would Apex be any different.
The Cheating and smurfing and continuing of products being made and sold to break the gaming industry seems unbeatable at this point. SBMM, smurfing, cheat products, the list goes on. I notice more work being done these days on bundles, skins, etc...
Seems like a last ditch effort to make as much as possible before they leave Apex to the same fate as Titanfall. If these things (sbmm, cheats, smurfing) were able to be controlled or tweaked as you say, fixed, adjusted and so on....it would have been done already. I don't believe it can be. Hence Titanfall.
Just enjoy the game for now as it is what it is - I do not believe it will be anything more. Get your so called fun in while you can and then say goodbye to another game that was unable or unwilling to be saved.
Welcome to the new era of online competitive multiplayer gaming industry.
RIP ☹️