Smart plant pot sends one notification. It just says “thanks.”
For six months, the fern on Maya’s desk communicated exclusively through warnings. Too dry. Too dark. Please rotate me. Then, on an otherwise ordinary morning, its sensor sent a different message: “Lovely. Keep doing that.” Maya checked for an upsell. There wasn’t one. The pot’s designer says the new gratitude feature took an afternoon to build; persuading the product team that it needed no engagement funnel took considerably longer. The fern has since produced a new leaf, which everyone agrees is the more useful metric.
Finally, a healthy relationship with a device.