When you can see massive profits under the guise of safety there is an issue. Safety is important, but if a company has a monopoly on the technology and will be the only player the safeguard is that other voting manufacturers will in most cases vote the proposal down. That is why AFCI's easily passed was because all panel manufacturers could participate in the new market they created.
In fact the only groups opposing this code change was the wiring device manufacturers (Leviton and Hubbell) because one can still use a AFCI plug and meet code but it the AFCI plug needs to be located adjacent to the panel and be fed using armored cable (BX) and the load of the receptacle can feed additional circuits with traditional Romex.
It did not work out well for them