Pay $0.99 to add. $9.99 for the equals sign. The world's first paywalled calculator — a satirical parody of gaming microtransactions. CalcByEA is a fully functional web calculator where almost every button is locked behind a paywall. You buy DLC packs to unlock basic arithmetic. 0 is free. Everything else costs money. 4.2M+ operations executed. $12,860 spent. Built as a mirror to EA's monetization model. No subscriptions. Browser-based. Try to add 1 + 1 for free.
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Hey Product Hunt! I built CalcByEA as satire on the video game industry's microtransaction model — specifically EA Games, who pioneered the practice of charging extra for things that used to come included in the base game.
In 2006, EA released a $2 horse armor DLC. By 2021, FIFA Ultimate Team generated $1.6B/year from digital card packs. I just applied the same logic to something universally free: a calculator.
The uncomfortable part? It works. People are actually buying packs — 4.2M+ operations executed, $12,860 spent.
Try to add 1 + 1 for free at calculatorbyea.com
Happy to answer any questions!