The worst of it hasn't happened yet. The point where consumers can no longer afford to consume is coming. The system isn't self sustainable if they continue to chase profits in the short term regardless of what happens in the long term. They're creating a system where only they will be consumers and that leads to a devaluation of all the currency they're hoarding.
Prices can't continue to go up if people can't afford things. This price hike is going to have far reaching consequences and increase prices of everything.
The people of Germany were burning German marks in the street. They traded goods for goods when they were available, and burned the money for warmth.
The rich of our current generation seem to think they can golden parachute out of this. They haven't thought about the long term repercussions of a world power of the US's magnitude descending to third world country status, but that's what is coming.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperinflation_in_the_Weimar_Republic
I seem to recall that a guy did do this once with a Google chromecast but he was a professional IT security of some kind, and that was years ago.
I seem to recall that same year reading about a network engineer who used their homes nest thermostat to stop his wife from sleepwalking to the kitchen to eat and ruining her diet.
It's not that I think it can't be done, it's just that I think it might require you to either spoof responses or change the the firmware in some way.