What if boring decisions felt rewarding instead of effort?

I’ve been thinking about a pattern I keep seeing in products —

most experiences are built around presenting options and asking users to choose.

But choosing is effort. And over time, it becomes passive, even boring.

So I started exploring a different question:

👉 what if instead of choosing, users triggered outcomes?

I built a small experiment around this —
where instead of browsing through options, users perform a simple action (like a dice roll) and receive a result.

The underlying value didn’t change.
But the interaction did.

And what surprised me was:

👉 engagement felt higher when the experience included a moment of anticipation and reward

It felt less like making a decision…
and more like participating in something.

It made me rethink a few things:

Should all friction be removed?
Or can some friction be reshaped into something engaging?
Can randomness actually improve perceived experience in certain contexts?

I’m still exploring this, but it feels like there’s something interesting in
“reward-driven interaction loops” for otherwise passive utilities.

Curious how others think about this —

👉 where do you draw the line between usability and engagement?
👉 does adding unpredictability help, or hurt trust?