I dislike big tech as much as the next hacker, but this seems like quite a leap. Protecting from nation-state actors digitally can be a job for digital powerhouses. In this case, the hackers are just very determined hackers with a lot of resources. Apple is a very motivated company with a lot of resources. Slightly to your point though, they have higher income than 96% of the countries on the planet. So they have the wealth to establish an Appletopia.