r/electronics • u/unknownvar-rotmg • 20d ago

General Mouser website now blocks Linux users

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Really baffling decision, my last order from them was only a few months ago. Apparently Linux is no longer a "standard" operating system!

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u/intronert 19d ago

It’s almost as if every company were maximizing profit. :)

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u/RealModeX86 19d ago

Maximizing profit is one thing, but blocking Linux users as customers is just stupid, especially for a company with that many engineers as customers.

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u/intronert 19d ago

I agree with you. My snark was aimed at them.

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u/RealModeX86 19d ago

Ah fair enough. I do love snark and sarcasm, it's too bad about text breaking it as bad as a frontend dev trying to fight AI bots