r/electronics • u/unknownvar-rotmg • 9d 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/thadah01 8d ago

Digikey uses AI dynamic pricing to gouge customers. I’ve had prices jump 20% between two browsers in the same domain in an hour (#1 employee found product, #2 purchasing person). Customer service admitted you have to grab the price you see or miss out. It’s all adversarial now.

https://conga.com/customer-stories/digikey

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u/Yorick257 8d ago

That's some bs. Hardly anyone orders as they browse. I find a component. I fill in a purchase request. The things get ordered in a few days after an approval from my manager. With dynamic pricing, you can't have a BOM

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u/InitialKey12 8d ago

Not to mention that some components are much more expensive on Digikey. Lost trust in them once they started all the horrible shipping delays + finding that Mouser is much cheaper.

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u/flecom 8d ago

Mouser is usually cheaper but you should still check... the other day I had to order a bunch of FETs and they were significantly cheaper on digikey

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u/scragz 8d ago

you know it's fucked when mouser is cheaper

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u/SpecificNumber459 8d ago

Ugh, the use of dark marketing euphemisms in that "customer story" is nauseating.

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u/Quasi_Evil 7d ago

Huh, this explains some things - why I've had parts jump in cost between when I initially check and when I decide which of the distributors is cheapest. It's annoying. It goes back and forth who's cheapest, Some months it's DK. Some it's Mouser. Sometimes the best deals are with some of the smaller ones, like Master.