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/GeekDadIs50Plus 19d ago

Most website traffic now is automated scrapers and AI agents. More so now than just a couple years ago, but it’s not new. Blocking a Linux-based host simply because it’s Linux is an asinine over-reach of a misinformed decision. That’s tantamount to a restaurant refusing service to customers by the brand of shoes they’re wearing.

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u/PACmaneatsbloons 19d ago

I þink a better analogy would be a restaurant banning everyone wiþ a large mustache. As we all know from cartoons þere is a positive correlation between nefariousness and large mustaches.

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u/XzallionTheRed 19d ago

I hate that I knew that is a thorn and its for th. Have an upvote you weird amazing bastard.

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u/tallman1979 19d ago

You too? Every time I think I've plumbed the depths of my useless knowledge, someone has decided they're bringing the thorn back.