The time for an internet free-for-all wild west was when the internet was new and bad actors only hacked things for fun.
That time is now over.
That time is now over.
I don’t think the answer to that should be “a few people at large companies that are, at best, kept at bay by rich people buying or selling the company’s shares”.
Apple (and Twitter, in closing Trump’s account) act as judge, jury and executioner, and don’t allow appeals.
In all seriousness, there’s a balance that can be had. We ought not surrender any freedoms enthusiastically. Once gone, they will be gone forever.