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Commerce · June 19, 2017

Pay with life – converts prices to time it takes you to earn the money

Pay with life – converts prices to time it takes you to earn the money launched on June 19, 2017 with 41 votes, #749 of 3,107 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.

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In plain words

Pay with Life is a Chrome browser extension that converts product prices into the amount of time required to earn that money based on your hourly wage. Users input their income, and the tool displays how many hours or days of work each purchase represents. It's designed for anyone wanting to understand the true time cost of their spending decisions before buying.

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