Fixable products for India
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Are you sick and tired of consumer hardware products that has a short life, is needlessly bundled with "smart" (but actually insecure and non-open software), is impossible to repair, is poorly designed and is made of parts that cannot be reused? Have you too been radicalized by the "Buy Now" documentary on Netflix?
This site is our attempt to document various resources (like open hardware products, consumer-friendly brands, repair or part providers etc) across various product categories - specifically for India.
We have the following criteria for listing products on this site:
Better than industry-average warranty period
Third-party repair permitted and enabled (via availability of parts and manuals)
Modular design for reusability of parts
Preferably made in India for better product availability (i.e. no custom duty hassles) and service /support
Open-source schematics, code and CAD designs (like how Framework does it)
There are other initiatives like:
iFixit which is famous for their teardowns and repairability ratings
OSHWA.org who tries to certify open-source hardware products (they have about 60 open-source hardware projects listed from India).
We intend our wiki to be even more helpful to Indian consumers. Over time, we hope to build a strong community and influence OEMs and policies by voting with our ₹, speech and votes. We would like to see Framework like companies in each of these product categories.
Household Appliances
Musical Gear
We also have information on how to buy from international sites and repair maps for various Indian cities.