Yes, and people with power, people with connections, and people who are rich will always benefit from crises.
Naomi Kleins The shock doctrine explains this very well in a modern context.
I bought some TP link Kasa plugs and a couple of years later when I wanted some more the Kasa brand was discontinued and replaced by Tapo in Sweden. Tapo and Kasa only work with their own separate app so I would have had to have two separate apps even though both were TP link. Never bought any more smart plugs.